Can adults learn from kids? Yes! Especially those of us who could not or would not crawl out of our boxes...even if all four walls fell down at the same time.
I came across Adora Svitak today when looking over the speakers at this year's TED talks. Adora talks to the folks at Mashable here:
At the 1:56 mark Adora says, "Adults are confined by society's restrictions." She's talking about changing the world and coming up with new ideas. Adora says that kids offer a different perspective, a kid's eyeview, one that is not hampered and that's why adults should pay attention to kids.
Adora lets her kid side out for a quick moment and then recovers at the 2:24 mark. When asked if there was any technology that she was excited about, she said getting a free phone at TED was the high point of the conference for her. A second later she corrected and said that the speakers were her high point.
You know what Adora? I hope that you can hold off society's norms just a bit longer yourself. It's totally cool and totally kid to say the high point of TED was the free phone.
Awesome point, I learn from my son and other kids all the time. Insight is no respecter of age.
Posted by: Greg Balanko-Dickson | February 17, 2010 at 11:17 AM
Thanks Greg. The longer that we can let kids be kids, the longer our opportunity to learn will be.
Posted by: dave | February 18, 2010 at 05:58 AM