“There's a generation now that didn't grow up in nature. Some of these adults are parents and they know that nature is good for their kids but they don't know where to start.” KnowsKidsGrowsParentGrowing UpGenerationsAdults Author:Richard Louv
“The kids I talk to are convinced their generation will make the best music. And the greatest artists have yet to be discovered. I walk around with that thought every day.” KidsArtistWalksGenerationsConvinced Author:L.A. Reid
“I think 'Horace Silver' was actually the first live jazz group I ever heard back when I was a kid in St. Louis. So along with most players of my generation, I have a real affection for the music of 'Horace Silver.” ThinkingFirstsRealKidsPlayerGenerationsHeardGroupsJazzAffectionSilverMy GenerationBack When Author:David Sanborn
“I get a little cranky with the whole business about kids not having attention spans. This reminds me of the usual business of thinking that the next generation is hopeless. Every generation has said that about every younger generation.” ThinkingLittlesSaidWholeKidsNextAttentionGenerationsHopelessUsualNext GenerationAttention SpanYounger GenerationCranky Author:Robin McKinley
“I think in that context, when a generation of kids is that ignorant of their recent history, it does a good job of showing what the Pistols were standing for. It's current and it's in the air, partly because I think nothing contemporary is as extreme or as strongly stated as what The Sex Pistols were able to do in their time, in the '70s. I think the reason to [make the film] is that their ideas are still alive: the defense of the right to be an individual, and questioning everything you read, and questioning all the information that's bombarded increasingly at you.” ThinkingDoeStillsIdeasReasonKidsAbleJobsFilmIndividualSexAliveGenerationsAirInformationStandingCurrentsExtremesDefenseIgnorantContemporaryQuestioningGood JobPistolsBombardedSex PistolsQuestioning Everything Author:Julien Temple
“People fall out of love, or get married for the wrong reasons. People change. The older generation - they got married and had a kid when they were 20. How do you know who you are when you're 20?” PeopleKnowsReasonKidsFallGenerationsMarriedWho You AreFalling In LoveDo You KnowWrong ReasonsOlder Generation Author:Kellan Lutz
“Childhood obesity isn't about looks. And it's not about weight. It's about how our kids feel. And those are really the implications of the problem and the words that tell a fuller picture of the challenges that we face; you know, kids struggling in ways that they didn't a generation ago.” KnowsWayFeelsLooksProblemKidsFacesChallengesStruggleGenerationsChildhoodWeightImplicationsObesityChildhood Obesity Author:Michelle Obama
“Something else was different when we were young: our parents were outdoors. I’m not saying they were joining health clubs and things of that sort, but they were out of the house, out on the porch, talking to neighbors. As far as physical fitness goes, today’s kids are the sorriest generation in the history of the United States. Their parents may be out jogging, but the kids just aren’t outside.” MayDifferentStatesKidsTodayYoungHouseParentUnitedTalkingUnited StatesGenerationsClubsNeighborJoiningPorchJoggingPhysical Fitness Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
“When I was ambushed by global warming advocates recently - no, they haven't given up - they asked me the same questions they always ask: "What if you're wrong?" and "If you're wrong will you apologize to future generations?" I always answer, "What if you're wrong? Will you apologize to my twenty kids and grandkids for the largest tax increase in American history?" They usually don't have anything to say after that.” IfsKidsAsksGivenAnswersGenerationsHavensTaxesIncreaseTwentiesGlobal WarmingWhat IfAmerican HistoryApologizingFuture GenerationGiven UpGrandkidsTax Increases Author:James Inhofe
“Kids don't know the language of figure skating. If you ask them to do a compulsory figure, they don't know how to, and that's so important for the edge quality. I think that's why the older skaters are still as popular as they are - because they have that quality that people are missing in this generation.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsStillsImportantKidsAsksLanguageSportsQualityKnow HowGenerationsMissingFiguresEdgesSkatingThis GenerationFigure SkatingCompulsorySkater Author:Brian Boitano
“I'm first generation American, and my parents were both from Nigeria. And so I always say that I'm literally an African American. So my last name is Famuyiwa, it's different. And so that was a part of my experience from people not being able to pronounce it to not sort of having sort of a shared, common history with a lot of the kids that I was growing up with because my parents were from Africa.” PeopleFirstsDifferentKidsAbleLastsNamesParentCommonGrowing UpGrowingGenerationsAfrican AmericanNigeria Author:Terry Gross
“More and more good actors are now transmigrating into the videogame space and playing roles there because it's where my generation of kids get stories from.” StoriesKidsActorsSpaceRolesGenerationsMy GenerationGood ActorsVideogamePlaying Roles Author:Andy Serkis
“I know my generation - a lot of them, they're getting old now, and they want to think back fondly, they want to kid themselves. A lot of them think, 'Yeah, we were the best.' That's the kiss of death. That's non-growth. And also that's very bad for the world.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWantKidsGrowthGenerationsKissingYeahGetting OldMy GenerationKiss Of Death Author:Joni Mitchell