NY Times: How to Raise a Creative Child. Step One: Back Off.

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Raising a creative child is more about uncovering the talent, nurturing it, seeing where it goes, rather than hewing it to a set predetermined track. I admire this quote: "Emphasis was placed on the development of one’s own ethical code."

Read James Hillman's 'acorn theory': 'Instead of saying, "This is my child,' they must ask, 'Who is this child who happens to be mine?'"