Becoming Adult

I love this quote from Becoming Adult…a book that one of my favorite author’s, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, worked on:

We mainly train them (children) to be consumers – of abstract information, entertainment, and mostly useless products – with too little regard for concrete, active engagement with the environment. What is needed is an opportunity for youth to experience the joys and responsibilities of making things happen, without being permanently drawn into monotonous work.

I think I post things like this a lot, but the more it is ignored…the more I believe it.