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Creativity is the ability to create something new using one’s imaginative skill. When it comes to childrens’ creativity, it can include the ability to come up with innovative and novel solutions to problems, designing new inventions and producing innovative works of art. Every child is born with at least one talent and often more. For some children, the talent is readily visible but for most, it is not quite apparent. It is up to grown ups close to the child to really discern the abilities of the child and to cultivate them. These people can be the parents of the child, the teachers at school, the child’s grandparents or close relatives, or even the friends of the child’s parents.
Some children exhibit their talent at a very young age and it is for all to see that the child is gifted in a particular field. Unfortunately, this kind of exposure is quite rare. Most children go through life sometimes without recognizing their talents until much later in life. Sadder is the fact that many people go to the grave without ever discovering the hidden talents lying dormant deep inside them. No one had discovered their talent when they were young and they had not discovered it themselves when they got older. They have lived their entire life possessing a talent that they never knew they had, let alone developing and using it.
Academic performance is many times used nowadays as a yardstick for a child’s intelligence and creativity. But unfortunately, most education systems are ill-equipped to truly evaluate the creative potential in a child. They might be able to measure the cognitive skills of a child, but lack the faculty to really estimate the child’s innate creativity. Parents and teachers need to be careful to never let children to have a poor estimation of themselves based on their academic performance. Academic knowledge is only a small fraction of a child’s faculties. That should not be used as a complete measure of a child’s mental worth.
Children should be raised in an atmosphere where they are free to think, ask questions and explore life on their own. Grownups should provide an invisible fence within which they are allowed to wander freely. Only when they are at risk of making costly mistakes should they be diverted away from their present course of action. In such a healthy and safe environment, children can have unlimited growth potential. Without an ‘apparent’ limitation to their freedom, children can really learn to be creative and effective in coming up with novel solutions.
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