21st century Quote by David Elkind

While games are fun to play, children should grow up not just being the consumers of technology but also the creators of technology.

— Newton Lee

It is among the ranks of school-age children, those six- to twelve-year-olds who once avidly filled their free moments with childhood play, that the…

— Marie Winn

Play is the best natural resource in a creative economy. Kids need more of it. It is the work of childhood. We hope to…

— Darell Hammond

“Empowered Youths become Producers. Entertained Youths become Consumers.”

— Cecilia Chan

Consumers are increasingly programming their own entertainment and content experiences.

— Chad Hurley

Today's consumerism has changed things. I think children are much less creative now.

— Giovanna Cau

“Culture is a vehicle for true self-expression. The flowering of individual creativity takes place in the context of culture. When a child becomes peer-oriented,…

— Gabor Maté

Seeing games become more of a young person thing, I feel like a toy I grew up with has been left behind. I don't…

— Jenova Chen

“Adults play in many of the same ways that kids do: by using our minds' eyes to see ourselves in new and different ways,…

— Ben Michaelis

For hundreds of years, that was the major form of entertainment: The grown-ups sat around and watched the kids play. Now they sit around…

— David Duchovny

“With so many alternatives, how can we let our children, our loved ones, ourselves, play a game that may destroy the essence of who…

— Mark Fainaru-Wada

In 1600 the specialization of games and pastimes did not extend beyond infancy; after the age of three or four it decreased and disappeared.…

— Philippe Aries