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Young boys (2-3 years old and 8-9 years old) wearing airplane wings on back reaching toward the sky

You can do it, baby!

Source: Aeon

Journalist Leslie Garrett argues that adults shouldn’t tell children, “You could be anything,” but rather, “Be what you’re capable of.”

This entry was posted in Chasing Success and tagged Culture & Society, Opinion, People on June 1, 2021 by Anita Hacker.

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