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Adulthood has changed
since the 1960's.
This is a
difficult topic to present, and many who have not given it much
thought will at first reject it. Some will say that I am merely
projecting my own shortcomings upon society. While my own
shortcomings are numerous, this issue is not a projection.
Others have taken note of it as well.
I'm going to gather my thoughts on this
subject by first collecting various articles that delve into
what I'm getting at here...
Links:
www.inthesetimes.com/article/2526
Men growing up to be
boys...
http://www.mynorthwest.com/category/local_news_articles/20100819/%22Emerging-adulthood%22-new-life-stage/
"Emerging adulthood." This is the positive spin. What I'm
exploring on this page is not so positive...
Grow Up, America!
New book on affluence, cultural angst and
the threat to civilization
by Bruce Thornton
Private Papers, August
24, 2007
A review of
The Death of the Grown-Up. How America’s Arrested Development is
Bringing Down Western Civilization
- by Diana West (St. Martin’s Press, 2007, 217pp.)
Part of this book focuses on the rise of teenage culture in the
1950's and 1960's and how this has led to a general decline in
adult virtues and thought. Said decline has produced a societal
obsession with adolescent things...
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