Comments on: Kerrying On: There's Hope https://cruciallearning.com/blog/kerrying-on-theres-hope/ VitalSmarts is now Crucial Learning Tue, 08 Mar 2022 16:19:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Jean https://cruciallearning.com/blog/kerrying-on-theres-hope/#comment-1903 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:20:17 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=2065#comment-1903 I really have to agree with Patrick above, even though I am from a generation older than Patrick, I truly believe that the learning goes both ways. Do you really think that there have been no good movies or actors or any history made in the last 20 years? Sure, I love to share things from my generation with my kids, but I also love to learn about what they are into – there’s a lot of great movies, music, etc. coming out every day. There is no reason to be “stuck” in a certain era as we age.

]]> By: Karen https://cruciallearning.com/blog/kerrying-on-theres-hope/#comment-1902 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:56:36 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=2065#comment-1902 YES, there is hope! For this hope to grow and flourish, however, we need more parents to engage and connect with their kids instead of allow them to be plugged them into electronics 24/7. Converse with each other….turn off the television, the laptop, the video game, the ipod, the ipad, the phone…..and just be with each other. Invest time, stories, conversation, and ideas with each other. It is from this time that the sharing of past, present and future will occur. Thanks for another great article Kerry!

]]> By: Adrian https://cruciallearning.com/blog/kerrying-on-theres-hope/#comment-1901 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:59:37 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=2065#comment-1901 I don’t know. Maybe their parents didn’t value those things enough to share them with their kids. My son is 13 and he is probably the only one in his class who can name all the Marx Brothers, identify a Beach Boys or Beatles song almost instantly and tell you several interesting facts about Elvis. He is also quite knowledgeable about the Civil War (thanks to us listening to Gone w/the Wind on CD), the mysteries of the Vatican (Angels and Demons) and several facts about Michaelangelo (Da Vinci Code). Right now I have him reading Watchers by Dean Koontz. I like to share stuff like this with my sons and for the most part, they seem to enjoy it. The marketers are going to push all this teen-targeted stuff because it sells stuff for them, but you can always just say no.

]]> By: Kerry Patterson https://cruciallearning.com/blog/kerrying-on-theres-hope/#comment-1900 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:04:20 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=2065#comment-1900 @Patrick
You’re right. We need to learn in both directions.

]]> By: Linda Sandefur https://cruciallearning.com/blog/kerrying-on-theres-hope/#comment-1905 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:54:02 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=2065#comment-1905 Excellent article. Good recommendations.

]]> By: bean sagof https://cruciallearning.com/blog/kerrying-on-theres-hope/#comment-1899 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:48:21 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=2065#comment-1899 amen.

]]> By: Marwa Ahmad https://cruciallearning.com/blog/kerrying-on-theres-hope/#comment-1898 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:22:40 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=2065#comment-1898 Brilliant & lovely as usual.. Thank you 🙂

]]> By: Lisa Cashulette https://cruciallearning.com/blog/kerrying-on-theres-hope/#comment-1897 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:29:07 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=2065#comment-1897 I love the topic of this article. However, I think the issue isn’t so much that we have more channels from which to choose, but rather that certain younger age groups are exposed almost solely to content of their own choosing. That is, when I was in college (ok, in a J school), I was extremely interested in current events, and read everything I could find (pre-internet). The internet provides a different sort of filter, where people can automatically sort out topics or views that don’t appeal to them. Doing so years ago took a lot more work. The result then was that you had to consider different views, simply because it was more difficult to avoid them altogether. I do agree that previous generations seemed more able to relate to other generations’ experienced more than today’s youth. Thanks again for great food-for-thought!

]]> By: Alan Perkins https://cruciallearning.com/blog/kerrying-on-theres-hope/#comment-1896 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:32:38 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=2065#comment-1896 I love your anecdotes and insights Kerry. I always look forward to receiving the latest ‘Kerrying On’

I found Crucial Conversations very valuable indeed and look forward to reading the new edition.

]]> By: Brian Taylor https://cruciallearning.com/blog/kerrying-on-theres-hope/#comment-1895 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:51:39 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=2065#comment-1895 It’s a good suggestion, Kerry, but unfortunately I don’t think it’s realistic. The digital and electronic devices that young people live by today, while supposedly providing advanced methods of connecting, are really driving them into isolation. Each new ‘app’ takes them a little bit further apart. Speaking of nieces, my partner and I currently have a very rewarding relationship with our 4 year old niece, ‘Louie’, but we know we are on borrowed time. Sooner or later, she will start rowing off to own metaphoric islands and we won’t be able to follow.

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