Parenting a Young Innovator

Merely sending your child to the “right” schools and ensuring that they get good grades are no longer guarantees of success. More than a third of all recent college graduates are living at home today – either unemployed or underemployed. It is increasingly clear that young people who have developed a capacity to be innovative and entrepreneurial – who have the interest in and capability to create their own jobs – will have the most satisfying lives and rewarding careers in the future. Innovation is the skill in greatest demand in the workplace today and is the one least likely to be outsourced or automated . In his book Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World education expert Tony Wagner provides a powerful rationale for developing an innovation-driven economy. He explores what parents, parenting-a-young-innovator