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Parents are not alone in influencing their children and studies are showing the important foundational impact mentors can play in how children express their creativity and originality. Psychologists measuring the influence of parents and mentors had on graduates to determine who had the greatest influence on their lives, noted mentors accounted for a high percentage. Parents can nurture values but, at some point, people need to find their own role models for originality, creativity and inspiration in their own chosen fields.
For more check out the online program How To Nurture Children's Creativity
or the book The Creative Life Cycle