May 20, 2015
Jaded Children, Callow Adults
This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education takes a look at what we lose when we expand adolescence. From the article:
“For some time, we’ve been seeing a curious trend: Young adults are attempting to delay adulthood, while preteen children are hurrying—or being hurried—into the roles and attitudes of young adults. It’s no accident that child psychologists have extended their definition of adolescence into the 20s or that primary-school kids are pushed into beauty pageants where they are dressed like Miss America.”
Read the full article here.
