> Children become adults—autonomous individuals—by separating from their parents: by rebelling, by rejecting, by, at the very least, asserting. Assertion and s

> Children become adults—autonomous individuals—by separating from their parents: by rebelling, by rejecting, by, at the very least, asserting. Assertion and separation perhaps, but rejecting one's parents, or what they stand for, is certainly not a norm of adulthood in other cultures. I'd venture to say it's a very US-specific stereotype, if not fact.