Alison Gopnik Quotes

We say that children are bad at paying attention, but we really mean that they're bad at not paying attention - they easily get distracted by anything interesting.

Alison Gopnik

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• We say that children are bad at paying attention, but we really mean that they're bad at not paying attention - they easily get distracted by anything interesting.

  

  Alison Gopnik
  • Children
  • Bad
  • Interesting