Name: To raise brave girls, encourage adventure
Uploaded: 2017-03-07T15:56:54Z
Duration: 12 min 31 s
Description: Gutsy girls skateboard, climb trees, clamber around, fall down, scrape their knees, get right back up -- and grow up to be brave women. Learn how to spark a little productive risk-taking and raise confident girls with stories and advice from firefighter, paraglider and all-around adventurer Caroline Paul.

Gutsy girls skateboard, climb trees, clamber around, fall down, scrape their knees, get right back up -- and grow up to be brave women. Learn how to spark a little productive risk-taking and raise confident girls with stories and advice from firefighter, paraglider and all-around adventurer Caroline Paul.

Caroline Paul: To raise brave girls, encourage adventure

To raise brave girls, encourage adventure

Bravery is learned, not inherent; practice and encouragement in risk-taking from a young age foster resilience and confidence.

Gendered cautioning in childhood, such as 'be careful', disproportionately targets girls, instilling undue fear and timidity.

Risky play is vital for all children, offering lessons in hazard assessment and building a foundation for future bravery.

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education

social change

gender