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Children’s Secretary Ed Balls has announced plans today, to give careers advice to children as young as seven. Under the new plans primary schools will be expected to offer careers advice to children aged 7-11, with the ultimate aim being that children receive this advice up to the age of 18.

The reason quoted for this move is to cut down on the amount of people who say they would have done things differently if given the opportunity. This sounds like a great idea but its effectiveness is completely reliant upon the quality of advice given and its integration into the education system. If not administered correctly we could well end up with a whole generation of people all wishing that they’d been given no advice in the first place.