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What adults can learn from kids - Adora Svitak

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Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity, and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much as to teach.

At the age of 6, how did Adora's life change?

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