Just reading an interview with author Kay Hymowitz about her new book Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys. She is talking about the emergence of a new developmental stage in our society, the stage of the pre-adult. I've heard others simply assert that adolescence now extends to somewhere around 25-27. Whatever you call it, life in one's twenties for the middle class "young adult" is much different in 2011 than it was in 1980. The children are still playing and the adults are still paying much longer than ever before. With unfortunate consequences for the individuals and for the society. The interview concludes with the comment
"You.... have the time and freedom to figure out how to live a meaningful life. Get busy. Your twenties are a terrible thing to waste".
Amen.
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