Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh. Gary Paulsen adultcardivorce Change image and share on social
Adults are tempted to produce and perform Christmas for their kids and their families, and they arrive at Christmas Day weary and disillusioned. Ann Voskamp adultarrivechristmas Change image and share on social
Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves. Elias Canetti adultchilddeceive Change image and share on social
Adults get more confused by social worker jargon. Unlike children, they are also less likely to see two sides of an argument, and they no longer think they can make the world a better place. That can make them rather boring, I suppose. Nina Bawden adultargumentbore share on social
Adults need to live in a society that is economically social, governmentally democratic, and culturally free. Rudolf Steiner adultculturallydemocratic Change image and share on social
Adults often assume that most learning is the result of teaching and that exploratory, spontaneous learning is unusual. But actually, spontaneous learning is more fundamental. Alison Gopnik adultassumeexploratory Change image and share on social
Adults sometimes think children don't think. That's what propels them to order children around. But children do integrate thoughts and make sense of them. When I was a child, I thought about everything in the universe. T'Keyah Crystal Keymah adultchildintegrate share on social
Adults spend $500 billion on games and leisure activity each year, and some adults lament that kids get $15 billion for toys. Brian Sutton-Smith activityadultbillion Change image and share on social
Adults tell students that it gets better, that the world changes after school, that being 'different' will pay off sometime after graduation. But no one explains to them why. Alexandra Robbins adultexplaingraduation Change image and share on social