Children often think up wild ideas, have vivid imaginations and big plans for the future, so how do we bolster that in a realistic way without crushing their dreams?
After listening to excited high school students talking about their love of space a few weeks ago, Professor Richard Easther, from the University of Auckland, realised many had been told to try something else by well-meaning adults.
So he wrote a blog on how we can encourage ambitious kids, and he's here to walk us through it.
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