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MILLENNIALS and GEN-X’ers: THEY DESERVE OUR SUPPORT

Where did we get the idea that millennials, gen-Xers, etc. were somehow deficient, basically unprepared. I’d like to suggest a different approach. Millennials are our future. It is our job and obligation to hand them a world that is as good or better than the one handed us. If millennials lack tools or training, is […]

MILLENNIALS IN THE NEW MILLENNIA: PART 2

CHANGE IS COMING The 2100’s cannot be a continuation of the 2000’s Millennials are not lost or struggling, not second-class people or citizens. They are a generation caught in the hallway of transition, change. We (all of us) need to support them as they navigate this difficult transition. When the way forward becomes clear, no […]

MILLENNIALS IN THE NEW MILLENIA: PART 1

NAVIGATING AMERICA: A Roadmap for Millennials Have you ever had this feeling? “I live in a country – someone else created it – many along the way have prospered and enjoyed it – now I come along, and I’m not sure if there are opportunities for me. Instead of opportunities, all we hear about is […]

RAISING THE YOUNG

I have to admit that, as a parent, I never really thought about the human challenge of raising our young. Certainly I love my kids, and tried to be the best parent I could be (and I am sure, as a parent, the same can be said of you). But did I ask questions like […]

SUCCESSFUL/PREPARED YOUTH: The Purpose of Education

Look to nature to see how to raise the young. All species train and prepare their young with the skills to, first, survive, and hopefully to flourish. Some of the preparation is play. Other is the harder stuff – the risks, failures, attacks from predators, the uncertainties of weather, sometimes starvation. But more often than […]

What is Education?

WHAT IS EDUCATION? Viewing all of life on Earth, education of the young is simply preparing them with the knowledge, tools and talents to survive and thrive in the environment they’re going to inherit. Any species that doesn’t prepare their young condemns them. Is the above how we are educating our (human) children? Is sitting at […]