And we live in a time where many of the traditional institutions tasked with steering a young person into adulthood (religion, education, family, etc.) are brok

And we live in a time where many of the traditional institutions tasked with steering a young person into adulthood (religion, education, family, etc.) are broken or dysfunctional themselves. I feel like this has always been true (in fact, truer than it is today). The only difference its easier to leave your religion/education/family today than it used to be, so a lot more people do.