Creativity is the key to a bright future. Here is ____  (1)  ____ schools and parents can help their children to develop their creativity.

   Drew worked for a company in 1925. At work he invented a kind of material ____  (2)  ____ enough to hold things together. But his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Drew didn't stop and finally, using his own time, made a kind of tape, which now is used everywhere by many people. And his company learned from its ____  (3)  ____.

   Now the company asks its workers to ____  (4)  ____ 15 percent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas.

   Creativity is not something one is just born with. A person with high intelligence does not mean that he uses it creatively. Creativity is the matter of ____  (5)  ____ your intelligence to think of new ideas that are good for something.

   We know that many schools have tried to develop students' creativity, but some teachers only want to develop students' reading, writing and maths skills, and have to ____  (6)  ____ creativity for correct answers. Children from such schools can give correct answers, but they are unable to use ____  (7)  ____ to work out problems.

   It is important to give children choices. From the earliest age, children should learn to make decisions and understand their _  (8)  . Even though it's choosing between two kinds of food ____  (9)  ____ lunch, decision-making helps thinking skills. As children grow older, parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their money, but not help too much if they make the wrong decision. The child may have a ____  (10)  ____ time, but that is all right.