Any Star Trek fans out there will remember how Lieutenant Commander Data, an android, was capable of almost anything other than emotion. A valuable lesson, reiterated in this article, future proofing your children's careers means focusing on developing their emotional intelligence (EQ) as well as their IQ. Nurturing creativity, reasoning, kindness and sensitivity not only raises nicer children but has the added benefit of equipping your child with skills that will benefit their future career.
While workers worry about whether robots will take their jobs, teachers are wondering how to use education to insulate the next generation from such a fate. This has worked before. When the last wave of automation swept the developed world at the start of the 20th century, policymakers decided education was the answer. If machines were going to substitute for brawn, they reasoned, more people would need to use their brains.
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