Kids have dreams and passions as they grow up, and these can be either conditioned out of them if they're bored and/or don't fit in at school, or they can be channeled to great effect. Cameron Herold – who founded 1-800-GOT-JUNK? and BackPocket COO "to coach and mentor young, fun companies and help them make their dreams happen" – talks about this in his recent TED Talk. He makes the case for … [Read more...] about Mentoring young entrepreneurs, online & off
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Helping kids gain from adversity: Inspiration for parents, teachers
I just listened to Aimee Mullins's just-posted TED Talk of last October and thought to myself anyone who loves teaching, young people, and the power of the human spirit would resonate with this. Aimee is an actor, athlete, and model (full bio here) who has not merely overcome and pushed through the adversity of being born without fibula, or shin bones, but used that adversity to find and bring out … [Read more...] about Helping kids gain from adversity: Inspiration for parents, teachers