Picasso said ..” all children are born artists, the problem is to remain one while growing up.” .. he highlights the importance of childhood creativity and harnessing it for children to carry it into adulthood.
As a society with access to the internet, therefore tremendous amounts of knowledge, we encourage further studies, we encourage work experience, we encourage blah blah blaah.. there’s something missing in the equation, an imbalance of sorts. If there seems to be an imbalance, our efforts are not getting through as much as we expect it to.. the missing piece of the puzzle seems to be creativity, to allow a child to experience life at his/her own finger tips, to engage the world at their pace and to learn and even fail.. we have yet to see the importance of failure and the progress it yields! (I’m not screaming)
To confine a child to four walls is a disaster, creativity is a journey and a means to an end.. to not be confined to the four walls around you is a catalyst, to not live in the box, instead not to even see the box, to be so far away from that box that it doesn’t seem like one, just a minor spec in your existence. Imagine a world where our next generation lives there passion, doing what they want to do because they received support since a young age, they experience 5 important factors.. failure, responsibility, practiced their own choices, recognized opportunities and have the innate ability to lead and influence positively in any situation (even on something we consider irrelevant as a hike).
The importance of support to youth is an act few engage in, I do not expect large corporates and government to come up with solutions because they are not facing the same thing we are in our communities, our experiences are different, they do not know what we need (with regards to youth). Instead we can allow them to see what we need and journey on a common vision, that could be a solution.
We know what we need, we should start going out there and do it 🙂
Here’s one of my favorite TED talks by Cameron Herold : Let’s Raise Kids To be Entrepreneurs. Hope you enjoy it 🙂
Young Trepreneur 