Adults Quote by John Dewey

Every one of the constituent elements of a social group, in a modern city as in a savage tribe, is born immature, helpless, without…

— John Dewey

Children learn what they live. Put kids in a class and they will live out their lives in an invisible cage, isolated from their…

— John Taylor Gatto

Having the young people engaged, involved, and being the leaders themselves is a great way to capture them intellectually and emotionally.

— Heidi Hammel

“Children displaced from their families, unconnected to their teachers, and not yet mature enough to relate to one another as separate beings, automatically regroup…

— Gabor Maté

Children need to see that they are assumed to be well-intentioned, naturally social people who are trying to do the right thing and who…

— Jean Liedloff

“These groups [of disaffected youth] are not small, and they will grow larger. Certainly they are suffering. Demonstrably they are not getting enough out…

— Paul Goodman

Solidarity is learned through 'contact' rather than 'concepts.' Students in the course of their formation, must let the gritty reality of this world into…

— Peter Hans Kolvenbach

Severe initiations increase a member's liking for the group.

— Carol Tavris

“Despite the superficial similarities created by global technology, the dynamics of peer-orientation are more likely to promote division rather than a healthy universality. One…

— Gabor Maté

Let us encourage the generosity which is typical of the young and help them to work actively in building a better world. Youth do…

— Pope Francis

“Other cultures make a clear delineation between childhood and adulthood; there are rites of passages and initiation ceremonies to mark these transitions. People expect…

— Jeff Goins

“Why, over the past two decades, have we seen this epidemic of loneliness and meanness, this breakdown in the social fabric? We can all…

— David Brooks