  {"id":105672,"date":"2020-01-01T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=105672"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:41:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:41:29","slug":"as-we-enter-2020-lets-be-the-change-our-children-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/as-we-enter-2020-lets-be-the-change-our-children-need\/","title":{"rendered":"As We Enter 2020, Let\u2019s be the Change Our Children Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve all seen it. It\u2019s on T-shirts, coffee mugs, bumper stickers and journal covers. As an educator, I most often encounter it in email signatures and on posters hung conspicuously at the front of classrooms. Whether scrawled in a childish, pastel-colored font or accompanied by a stock photo of a man standing on a mountain, his arms raised triumphantly in the glow of the setting sun, it is nearly always positioned to grab attention. Indeed, this mantra seems to have permeated schools and educational settings across our country:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe the change you wish to see in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frequently attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/08\/30\/opinion\/falser-words-were-never-spoken.html\">doubts<\/a> over the true origins of this quote. Regardless, as inspirational sound bites go, this one has some teeth. Short and succinct, it imparts a strong message of personal agency in just a few syllables. This one line conveys determination, hard work, optimism, and maybe a little bit of pluck.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In the past decade, we\u2019ve witnessed teens and young adults using social media platforms to communicate and make their voices heard louder and faster than ever before.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Youth activism is not new, but in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/story\/youth-activist-movements-2010s-brief-history-timeline-decade-of-change\">past decade<\/a>, we\u2019ve witnessed teens and young adults using social media platforms to communicate and make their voices heard louder and faster than ever before. While we were busy fighting the \u2018Ok, Boomer\u2019 war, younger generations grew tired and got to work. They have seen our inspirational posters and they have raised us a few million Tweets. Today\u2019s teens are doing everything we\u2019ve encouraged them to do and more; so why are we suddenly uneasy with their passion, their drive and their anger? Why do I hear calls to \u201clet them be kids&#8221; or worse, to just \u201cgo to a good old-fashioned movie\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Some of this comes from a misguided sense of protection from adults (while some, clearly, does not). Many of us recall a time when being a teen was more carefree, a time when we could readily afford to just \u201cbe kids.\u201d But that time is gone. Waxing nostalgic won\u2019t bring it back, nor will forcing modern youth to fit our ideals of yesterday. When we teach current events and encourage critical thinking, we cannot, in the same breath, urge them to put down the internet and go play outside.<\/p>\n<p>Young people today are steadfast in the belief that they should not live in fear of being shot at school, being harassed or harmed for the color of their skin or whom they choose to love, or of a rapidly warming planet on the brink of an irreversible tipping point. So they are taking what we have taught them and they are doing something about it. Today\u2019s youth have heard us loud and clear \u2014 they are being the change they wish to see.<\/p>\n<p>I do not fear for the Greta Thunbergs, the Emma Gonzalezes, the David Hoggs or the Malala Yousafzais of the world. They have shown us that they are resilient, brave and relentless. However, I do fear that the shouting, name-calling, and outright bullying by those in power targeting high-profile teens could deter other youth from speaking out. Their voices are important in these conversations, when the decisions we make today will most heavily impact them tomorrow. That\u2019s why it is important for adults to take a stand, to add our support and encouragement to youth who want to get involved with causes that matter to them.<\/p>\n<p>As we enter 2020, let\u2019s look with fresh eyes at the young people around us and really try to hear them. Let\u2019s acknowledge their fears, their pain, and the heavy burdens we have allowed them to carry alone. Let\u2019s finally start to be the change our young people need. Because they aren\u2019t waiting around any longer for us to catch up.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Katie Philp<\/em><\/strong><em> is the research and evaluation manager for the Parramore Education and Innovation District, a project of 麻豆原创\u2019s Center for Higher Education Innovation<\/em>. <em>She can be reached at <\/em><a href=\"mailto:Katherine.philp@ucf.edu\"><em>Katherine.Philp@ucf.edu<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The<strong>\u00a0麻豆原创 Forum<\/strong>\u00a0is a weekly series of opinion columns from faculty, staff and students who serve on a panel for a year. A new column is posted each Wednesday on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/\"><em>麻豆原创 Today<\/em><\/a><em> and then broadcast on W麻豆原创-FM (89.9) between 7:50 and 8 a.m. Sunday. A <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-939830138\/ucf-forum-katie-philp\">podcast of this column<\/a> is available on the radio station\u2019s website. Opinions expressed are those of the columnists, and are not necessarily shared by the 麻豆原创.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s teens and young adults are doing everything we\u2019ve encouraged them to do; so why are we uneasy with their passion, drive and anger on issues?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":105677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[6,21],"tags":[35966,18228,7882],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-105672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-opinions","tag-inclusive-excellence","tag-katie-philp","tag-ucf-forum"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>As We Enter 2020, Let\u2019s be the Change Our Children Need | 麻豆原创 News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We\u2019ve all seen it. 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