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Why 30 is the New 13

#Adulting Struggles #Coping Mechanisms #delayed adulthood #generational differences #generational differences in aging #humor as a coping mechanism #mental health #millennial coping mechanisms #millennial humor #navigating adulthood #stories from tina #why 30 is the new 13

I have a lot of opinions about the so-called American Dream. So I was curious to read the article “How the World Perceives the New American Dream” in The Atlantic. The author delves into how foreign perceptions of the US are largely shaped by television and movies.

What bothers people in many non-Western societies is not some feminist or socially liberal message embedded in American popular culture, but its sheer callowness. Why, they ask, are Americans so obsessed with the stage of life between adolescence and maturity? Why do so many American movies and TV shows focus on characters who seem neurotically afraid of commitment and responsibility?

I couldn’t get these questions out of my head. Moreover, I couldn’t shake the uncomfortable feeling of identifying a little too closely with this stereotype of an adult resisting adulthood. Am I part of a sociological phenomenon or just shaped by the cultural fixation around me? And why indeed are Americans so obsessed with this one aspect of life experience? Is there a sociologist out there who can enlighten me?

#American Dream #Delayed Adulthood #Commitmentphobia

When middle-aged 'open-carry' activists walk into Kroger with semi-automatic rifles slung over their shoulders, they aren't exercising their rights with an ethic of responsibility. They're trying to intimidate their way to respect and esteem. They're acting out, demanding attention and rejecting curbs on their desires. That's not being a citizen. It's being a toddler.

Eric Liu, Gun violence isn't somebody else's problem

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"The legacy of the Great Recession of 2008 has yet to be fully processed. But one of its most lasting impacts will no doubt stem from the fact that many college students and recent graduates—people who were just starting to build the careers and financial autonomy that would have allowed us “adult” lives—were suddenly faced with an economy in which getting a steady job was unlikely. Even if you were privileged or lucky enough to be able to afford a college education, companies’ increasing reliance on unpaid internships meant that building a career was a matter of being able to work for free after you graduated: Increasingly, only the children of the very wealthy were able to make the choices and secure the entry-level jobs that might lead to “adult” autonomy down the line. As a result, we saved money by living with our parents far longer than previous generations. The financial expense of a wedding—or the responsibility of asking another person to rely on you for the rest of their life—was not something one could reasonably embrace, if one were uncertain about making rent or having a job in six months’ time. Similarly, providing for a child was laughable if you couldn’t even reliably provide for yourself. And buying a house? In today’s market? Forget it. "My generation didn’t choose childhood. Childhood chose us, or rather, it refused to let us go. We stayed adolescent because post-adolescent responsibilities were never granted to us. We were trapped in Neverland, and sooner or later, we resigned ourselves to just having fun."

Who Killed Adulthood?

#Delayed Adulthood #Adulthood #careers #economic collapse #economic inequality #economics #economy #our terrible economy #feminism #its the end of the world as we know it #higher ed #Higher Education #Student Debt #Student Loans #The Student Debt Crisis #The American Dream #The Great Recession

"A longer period of dating, with all the unpredictability and change that come with a cast of new partners, may be better for your brain than marriage."

The Case for Delayed Adulthood.

#Millennials #Delayed Adulthood #The New York Times #NYT