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very well said, although allow me to make a minor correction. Where you wrote “Today's society demands so much from adolescents for so little in return. “ I w
by eecc 4y ago
very well said, although allow me to make a minor correction. Where you wrote
“Today's society demands so much from adolescents for so little in return. “
I would simply generalize to
“Today's society demands so much from anyone for so little in return.”
There, perfect
- roundandround 4y agoI don't agree. If you past the point where you are rising new potential and you have any income or some kind of right to income virtually nothing is expected of you. Kids in the mandatory school years face a fair amount of expectations in return for nothing tangible and only receive a smaller portion of the modern ultra conveniences.
- nradov 4y agoSociety doesn't demand anything. You're free to drop out and live in a van down by the river if you want.
- Apocryphon 4y agoAnd many, many do.
- lmm 4y agoIt gets harder every year. Twenty years ago you would've said cabin in the woods, but now you have to be a licensed electrician/general contractor/plumber to build a cabin, and the woods aren't zoned for residential. They'll be coming for the people in vans next.
- odessacubbage 4y agowhile true, teenagers in particular have lost a great degree of the agency that was afforded to prior generations. the concept using surveillance devices on your children did not exist 20 years ago and yet you can see threads of HNers discussing how they or their schools monitor their children quite regularly.