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“I also believe in raising kids with a lot of adults around, especially for teenagers—they need guidance but they don’t want it from their parents.
Kat Vellos • We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships
they make their decisions based upon who they are,
Todd Rose • Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment
One day in the early 1990s, the media woke up and realized something: Young people weren’t Boomers anymore.
Jean M. Twenge • Generations
Individualism deemphasizes family and tradition, which leads to fewer people choosing to have children. The
Jean M. Twenge • Generations
Each subsequent decade continued the trend of more individualism. Thus,
Jean M. Twenge • Generations
If Boomers’ defining moment was the JFK assassination, for Gen X’ers “There is only one question,” insists X’er Susan Gregory Thomas: “When did your parents get divorced?”
Jean M. Twenge • Generations
“You were at the critical age of fourteen when you won your father from your mother in their divorce,” she explained. “That’s why men who are stable and always there for you—as your father was—don’t appeal to you. You aren’t supposed to be attracted to Daddy.”
Jo Maeder • When I Married My Mother: A Daughter's Search for What Really Matters - and How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo
Studies indicate that parents do have some influence, but it is transmitted by their unique relationship with each child,
Samuel Barondes • Making Sense of People: Detecting and Understanding Personality Differences
The new brain is inherently logical and tries to find a cause for every effect and an effect for every cause.