How much power do kids have today?
Are you one of those people, who think kids are all pure, innocent and truthful? Or maybe you just believe that kids are all angels and gifts from God?
OK, maybe it could happen until a certain age, or maybe they do were like that for a while. However, with all the access to information and with all the freedom we face nowadays (freedom in schools, and freedom given by parents), kids (and Generation Y) are becoming more and more adult-like.
Generation Y gets really involved in relationships subjects and has a great practical mindset that makes them confident decision makers. Their flexibility and “think on your feet” attitude gives them the power to conduce situations the way they want to, usually that ones that sneak up behind us, in which we have to ponder and reflect about ourselves (what is really hard to do). These issues are, in general, traumatic, obscure, and full of psychological dimensions. To me, they’re the hardest to deal with.
But you know what’s funny? I’m part of generation Y, I’m 24, and I can totally relate. I’ve had my decisions, and insecurities exposed, scrutinized and questioned by my 10 and 12 year old cousins!!!! And I’d been criticized because I was not setting a good example.
But true to generation Y, I was mixed up in other people’s business from the very start. I was the kid, who proposed that my parents just get divorced while they argued in front of me, and also I was becoming my Aunt’s therapist while she could look for better things to do instead of not occupying herself with what she ought to care about.
Perhaps we’ve grown up restricting our ideas, molding ourselves to the square standard of society. Does this make all our creativity and our ability to argument evaporate into thin air?
Wow. Now I’m getting a bit philosophical on you. Pretty soon I’m going to start questioning if the egg or chicken came first (for the record, I think it was the egg, but that’s a whole other post). =)
What I’m really trying to say is that we should pay attention to the intellectual evolution of Generation Y. It’s a fact that the “connected world” is both a wonder and a hell.
In my opinion, it’s great to have access to everything. It’s important to be able to discuss diverse topics with all different types of people. It’s healthy to have a wide-open mind. It’s great to know things and to be curious. This stimulates creativity, although many businesses and industries haven’t yet picked up on this (look at how many companies block MSN at work!). What’s more is that we can’t escape the speed. It’s impossible to stop the intense velocity of information flow. Nobody can slow the connectivity down, and it’ll probably just keep getting faster and faster.
For those who have already grown up, learn with Generation Y. Solutions to our difficulties and challenges will only be found with an open mind and curious as little children, constantly chasing information. Because in the end, it’s the “information” that makes us.
