Don't depend on governments or corporations to fix problems. Social revolutions are led by passionate individuals and that's what makes the difference.
Margaret Meadthere are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing.
Margaret MeadThe young, free to act on their initiative, can lead their elders in the direction of the unknown... The children, the young, must ask the questions that we would never think to ask, but enough trust must be re-established so that the elders will be permitted to work with them on the answers.
Margaret MeadManners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly.
Margaret MeadOur treatment of both older people and children reflects the value we place on independence and autonomy. We do our best to make our children independent from birth. We leave them all alone in rooms with the lights out and tell them, 'Go to sleep by yourselves.' And the old people we respect most are the ones who will fight for their independence, who would sooner starve to death than ask for help.
Margaret Mead