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Para educar chicas valientes, hay que animarlas a la aventura

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Caroline Paul |

TEDWomen 2016

• October 2016

Las chicas valientes andan en patineta, trepan por los árboles, se caen, se raspan las rodillas, se vuelven a levantar, y se convierten en mujeres valientes. Aprende cómo incitar a tomar riesgos para educar a chicas seguras de sí mismas, con historias y consejos de la bombero, parapentista y total aventurera Caroline Paul.

Las chicas valientes andan en patineta, trepan por los árboles, se caen, se raspan las rodillas, se vuelven a levantar, y se convierten en mujeres valientes. Aprende cómo incitar a tomar riesgos para educar a chicas seguras de sí mismas, con historias y consejos de la bombero, parapentista y total aventurera Caroline Paul.

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Caroline Paul

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Brimming with insights gained on her picaresque journey from firefighter to best-selling author, Caroline Paul’s "The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure" is a revolutionary guide for raising brave young women.

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