When Children Don’t Play
There’s something most horrid that happens as we get older, somewhere on the journey from 11 to 23, and it involves the eradication of a fundamental part of what makes us human, and that is the ability to play. But it doesn’t stop there. Not only is it...There’s no future for magazines when children don’t know how to use them
I often wonder why we struggle to look backwards and recognise that many of the conversations our ancestors had, as new technology was ushered in, are the same conversations we engage in today? I imagine as the telephone began to gain momentum there were many people...How two old men started a global conversation
It does feel disrespectful referring to Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama as ‘two old men’, but it helps make my point : ) We so often hear cliches referring to the ability of just one person to change the world. Well here are two men in their...Gladwell, Cobain, Winehouse, birth, death and 27
If you’ve read Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers, then you’re probably familiar with one of the ideas he suggests around being born in a certain era, a certain generation, or even a certain month. When you’re born counts, says Gladwell. Some or...What will today’s children do for work in 2022?
Recently I was invited onto 702 to be interviewed by Redi Tlhabi on her show. The subject of conversation, as per this post’s title was what today’s children might be doing in 2022 for work. In preparation for the show, I trolled through several articles...
