# What adults can learn from kids

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2010
- Speaker: Adora Svitak
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/adora_svitak_what_adults_can_learn_from_kids)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much as to teach.

## Lectures

1. [What adults can learn from kids](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/adora_svitak_what_adults_can_learn_from_kids/097221cf190a), 8 min (TED's player)