Generation Z Unfiltered Quotes

“Nearly all Americans (98 percent) have at least one concern regarding today’s youth, among them are the top concerns of: Social media or smartphone addiction (69 percent), Mental health issues (61 percent), School shootings (57 percent), Alcohol/drug abuse (56 percent).”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“Kids must learn to experience the perks and the price of accountability.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“If something is possible, is it always beneficial?”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“Emotional security is not found in protection from outlandish ideas, but in self-actualization built through personal experience. Ideologies must be engaged, challenged, and debated if empathy and civility are to be recovered.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“self-interested activity has not led to greater self-esteem.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“The less active we are the more anxious we become.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“A minimalist believes the richest people are not the ones who have the most but those who need the least.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“the irony of social media use is that it is both self-soothing and a source of anxiety. It makes us feel better and worse. We often resort to it when we don’t know what to do with ourselves, yet it frequently becomes a root cause of negative emotions: angst, envy, and the fear of missing out.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“Mental health demands that we separate ourselves from our devices.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“The paradox of our lives today is that some of the things adults and schools do to get kids admitted into college might just make them less able to thrive once they arrive there.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“Believe the best about the young people you lead, and offer direction to them out of wisdom, not fear.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“Our world is more educated, more sophisticated, more modernized, and more industrialized than ever before, but in our race to make progress, we often leave one important quality behind: common sense.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“Our devices are smart, but my question is: Are we producing emotionally smart kids?”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“We’re losing our lives, living vicariously through others as we watch their lives.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“I don’t believe we live in a world full of bad kids. I believe we live a world full of kids who know too much, too soon.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“In our culture, you can be an author without being an authority.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“With phones beeping and pinging all day long, focus is becoming a lost art.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“When we become controlling, kids feel out of control of their futures.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“Our children need us to be intentional about equipping them to navigate smartphones and social media yet laissez-faire about letting them explore new places, skin their knees, and fail at projects, so they’re not gripped by fear and anxiety as they enter adulthood.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“Our expectations and belief are two of the most significant factors in determining the success of the Generation Z students we lead.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population

“In a 2017 global survey by Universum, Generation Z has a keener interest in leadership than the previous three generations.”
― Tim Elmore, Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population