“For states in demographic decline with ever more lavish social programs, the question is a simple one: Can they get real? Can they grow up before they grow old? If not, then they'll end their days in societies dominated by people with a very different worldview.” PeopleIfsDifferentRealEndsStatesSocialGrowsSimpleGrowing UpProgramDeclineGet RealWorldviewDemographicsSocial Programs Book:America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It Source: America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It
“I grew up in a physical world, and I speak English. The next generation is growing up in a digital world, and they speak social.” WorldNextSpeakSocialGrowing UpGrowingGenerationsGrewGrew UpDigitalNext GenerationSpeak EnglishDigital World Author:Angela Ahrendts
“Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without a comment is a wonderful social grace ... Children who have the habit of constantly correcting should be stopped before they grow up to drive spouses and everyone else crazy by interrupting stories to say, 'No, dear -- it was Tuesday, not Wednesday.” ShouldChildrenStoriesSocialGrowsMistakeGrowing UpGraceWonderfulCrazyHabitDearAllowingCommentSpouseUnimportantTuesdayWednesdayCorrectingInterruptingSocial Graces Author:Judith Martin
“Eating cookies that you bake with your grandmother is one of the greatest social steps one must experience in order to grow up into a decent world citizen, in my opinion.” WorldOrderSocialGrowsStepsOpinionGrowing UpCitizensEatingDecentGrandmotherGrandparentCookiesWorld CitizenYour Grandmother Book:Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm Source: Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm
“I grew up at a time where I think most people had a social and political conscience. Some of the biggest changes in our country's political history happened at the time I was growing up, so I was raised to be a part of those things and to participate and I will continue to do that as much as I can.” PeopleThinkingI CanCountryPoliticalSocialGrowing UpGrowingHappenedGrewGrew UpConscienceRaisedOur CountryPolitical History Author:George Clooney
“That which happens to the soil when it ceases to be cultivated by the social man happens to man himself when he foolishly forsakes society for solitude; the brambles grow up in his desert heart.” MenHeartHappensSocialGrowsGrowing UpSolitudeCeaseDesertSoilForsake Author:Antoine Rivarol
“Belonging to a group can provide the child with a variety of resources that an individual friendship often cannot--a sense of collective participation, experience with organizational roles, and group support in the enterprise of growing up. Groups also pose for the child some of the most acute problems of social life--of inclusion and exclusion, conformity and independence.” ChildrenProblemIndividualSocialRolesSupportGrowing UpGrowingGroupsResourcesIndependenceVarietyEnterpriseCollectivesBelongingConformityInclusionParticipationSocial LifeExclusionOrganizationalBelonging To A Group Author:Zick Rubin