Advice To My 12 Year Old Self

Advice To My 12 Year Old Self: Jane Caro

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Advice To My 12 Year Old Self

Jane Caro

ABC | October 13, 2017

Personal and social capability

Media arts

Classification: General

Author, broadcaster and award winning writer Jane Caro has some words of wisdom for girls today. "Getting approval is not the point of life!"

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Author, broadcaster and award winning writer Jane Caro has some words of wisdom for girls today. "Getting approval is not the point of life!"

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