Teaching Entrepreneurship To Children: Should We Do It?

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September 11th, 2013

Published by: mervszine

Teaching Entrepreneurship To Children: Should We Do It? Should we be teaching entrepreneurship to children? When you were a child did you ever have a stand where you sold soft drinks like sodas? Did you ever offer cakes and candy to other students at school in order to make some money?

Teaching Entrepreneurship To Children: Should We Do It? By Merv Stevens on September 11th, 2013

Not everybody is bitten by the entrepreneurial bug when they are kids however. I truly believe it’s vital teaching entrepreneurship to children. The harsh realities of entering into the workforce in a difficult economy presents a lot of challenges. The alternative of being an entrepreneur and working for yourself is something that should be explained to children and young people.

Teaching Entrepreneurship To Children: Making then Aware of an Alternative The main thing working against our children having an entrepreneurial mindset is our education system. With only a few exceptions, most of the teaching we get from the time we are in kindergarten to the day we graduate from college is …

Should we be teaching entrepreneurship to children? When you were a child did you ever have a stand where you sold soft drinks like sodas? Did you ever offer cakes and candy to other students at school in order to make some money?

* Make sure you get a good education * Study hard and graduate with your degree * Get a wonderful job with great additional benefits and you’re set for life! There are a number of issues with this.

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