Word: teenagerhood
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...vanish will be social. One thing that used to make teenagers teenagers was the postponement of family responsibilities, but these days even 30- and 40-year-olds are postponing family responsibilities, often permanently. Coming of age is becoming a lifelong process--it's not just for Holden Caulfield anymore. Teenagerhood as preparation for life makes no sense when the life being prepared for resembles the one you've been living all along. Meanwhile, teenagers are discovering that there are medical ways to escape the angst part of growing up. Why have an existential crisis if you can be on Prozac...
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