Education, Skills and Learning

Parents, it's time to embrace your kid's obsession with dinosaurs

A drawing of what Maxim, almost 4, wants to get for Christmas from Santa, is seen at his apartment in Belgrade, Serbia November 23, 2016. Maxim said he would like to get a plastic dinosaur. Reuters photographers around the world asked children to draw what they wanted to receive from Santa for Christmas. REUTERS/Marko Djurica            SEARCH "CHRISTMAS WISHES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Research is showing that encouraging children to have an obsession can help them progress in school Image: REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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