AND WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF 
THAT IN THE LAST WEEK.
THAT'S A GOOD THING.
WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING THAT.
>> YOU RECENTLY WROTE A BOOK 
CALLED THE -- PERHAPS MORE 
PRABTIC THE OLDER JENIVATIONS 
ARE FORGOTTEN WE NEED A PLAN TO 
TEACH THEM.
IT'S OUR FAULT MORE THAN THEIRS.
I'M QUOTING.
IN YOUR OPINION, WHEN DID THIS 
SHIFT IN CULTURE START AND WHAT 
BROUGHT IT ABOUT?
>> SO THE VANISHING AMERICAN 
ADULT IS NOT A RAMBLING ABOUT.
HOW DO WE RAISE OUR KIDS IN AN 
ERA OF PERPETUAL ADOLESCENCE?
AS YOU TRANSITION, THAT 
GREENHOUSE TRANSITION PHASE OF 
ADOLESCENCE WHERE JUST BECAUSE 
YOU HIT PUBERTY, JUST BECAUSE 
YOU BECOME BIOLOGICALLY AN ADULT
WE DON'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO BE 
FINANCIALLY, SCHOOL LEAVING, 
CONSTRUCTION-WISE INDEPENDENT.
THAT'S A GIFT.
BUT PERPETUAL ADOLESCENCE IS A 
NATURE.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH
BETWEEN -- OUR KIDS HAVE LARGELY
BEEN INSULATED FROM NECESSITY.
I THINK THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL 
THING TO SAY ABOUT TEEN YEARS 
RIGHT NOW COMPARED TO 40, 50, 60
YEARS AGO -- AND AGAIN, THIS IS 
NOT BEATING UP ON MILLENNIALS.
EVEN FOR OUR LOWER MIDDLE CLASS 
FOLKS, WE'RE STILL THE RICHEST 
PEOPLE IN HISTORY, THEY'RE STILL
INILATED FROM WORK THEN THEY'VE 
EVER BEEN BEFORE.
SO MOST KIDS GROWING UP ACROSS 
HISTORY AND ACROSS NATIONS, 
BEING AROUND THEIR PARENTS WORK.
OUR KIDS AREN'T.
SO RIGHT NOW INSTEAD OF HAVING A
DISTINCTION BETWEEN PRODUCTION 
AND CONSUMPTION IN THEIR GUT AS 
THEY GROW, WE TEND TO 
DISTINGUISH BETWEEN HOURS AND 
YEARS IN SCHOOL AND THEN THE 
CONSURM ACTIVITIES THEY HAVE 
OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
THAT WON'T IN A REPUBLIC THAT'S 
GOING TO PASS ON THAT 
SELF-DISCIPLINE, SELF-CONTROL IS
A GOVERNANCE.
FAMILIES DO THAT, COMMUNITIES DO
THAT, NEIGHBORHOODS DO THAT, 
DEVELOPMENT OF WORK ETHIC DOES 
THAT, AND THEN GOVERNMENT IS 
SUPPOSED TO BE A PLACE WHERE WE 
MAINTAIN THAT FRAMEWORK FOR 
LIBERTY.
WE'RE HOLOING LOCAL COMMUNITY 
AND NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT AT THE 
SAME TIME WE'RE POLITICIZING OUR
NATIONAL-CURVES SO THAT THE ONLY
COMMUNITY A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE 
ARE WHAT THEY PROJECT ONTO 
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC 
PARTIES.
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