“What do you want to be when you grow up?"

As a child how many of you remember having been asked this question by an adult? I think maybe this question is a way to get to know the child better. But I feel this question has an inherent problem. It tells young people that it is okay to wait till they grow up to do what they want to do. It diminishes what a young person is capable of doing today.”

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