“Kids these days…”?

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I am on the second day of a Road Trip with my daughter. We are having some great mom/daughter bonding time. It is such a gift to me that I get to spend this one on one time with her. Young people like her have such a fresh and non-corrupted view of the world and what people and activities have to offer. I always learn great lessons when I spend time with someone much younger than myself. Really, that is true of people much older than myself too.

I think we get stuck sometime in our own ‘dramas’ or ‘life circumstances’ that it is refreshing to spend time with people that are in a different stage of life than ourselves. I have to say something here; I have always disagreed with the statements that start with,

“kids these days….”! They usually are disparaging remarks about younger people. I feel that people are people and that our perspective changes as we age—as it should. I find that now that I am in my 50’s I have a much different perspective on life than young people—not that young people these days are less or more respectful, or more or less driven—it is just that my focus and tolerance level has increased or decreased as the case may be—therefore it ‘seems’ like young people have changed a lot. This all makes perfect sense to me—I have no idea if it will to any of my readers—let me know please?

Montessori:

The above statements are so true in the Montessori environment. How else could we be following the principles laid out for us by a women from Italy, many decades ago. I believe that children are children and child development is child development. The basics of how children behave, learn and develop are the same now as they have always been. The basics of what a child needs to grow up happy, independent and productive are the same now as they have always been. The world however is changing all the time and it is up to us to stay vigilant to how the outside world affects our children. Good principles and common sense is always a good idea—in so much of what life sends our way.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?