I love this piece. While so much of this seems ingrained in our shared experiences, it's becoming a lost art. Our kids are growing up without ever experiencing spontaneous knocks on the door, calls, or check ins. In our quest for productivity we've lost the meaning that holds all of our activities together.
I wonder if it's about productivity or if it's about a few other things:
1. The proliferation of spam in digital, phone and even IRL interactions. I don't like answering my phone or even answering my door if I don't know who it is, because usually it's some kind of solicitation.
2. The scarcity mindset around our future opportunities. There's so much pressure around college and employment prospects for kids, even at a young age. It seems like kids are overscheduled and over-committed years in advance. (This is one of danah boyd's contentions...that kids are often on their screens all the time, but often they're interacting with each other, because breaks at school have gotten shorter and after-school activities have gotten more intense.)
3. An "if it bleeds it leads" media that makes us more frightened of danger (to kids and adults really) when the data doesn't really support that these are more dangerous times.
I love this piece. While so much of this seems ingrained in our shared experiences, it's becoming a lost art. Our kids are growing up without ever experiencing spontaneous knocks on the door, calls, or check ins. In our quest for productivity we've lost the meaning that holds all of our activities together.
I wonder if it's about productivity or if it's about a few other things:
1. The proliferation of spam in digital, phone and even IRL interactions. I don't like answering my phone or even answering my door if I don't know who it is, because usually it's some kind of solicitation.
2. The scarcity mindset around our future opportunities. There's so much pressure around college and employment prospects for kids, even at a young age. It seems like kids are overscheduled and over-committed years in advance. (This is one of danah boyd's contentions...that kids are often on their screens all the time, but often they're interacting with each other, because breaks at school have gotten shorter and after-school activities have gotten more intense.)
3. An "if it bleeds it leads" media that makes us more frightened of danger (to kids and adults really) when the data doesn't really support that these are more dangerous times.
Thanks for sharing. I am glad that we are having more of these conversations. #flourishingforall