Bibliograph

Not quite adults, why 20-somethings are choosing a slower path to adulthood, and why it's good for everyone, Rick Settersten and Barbara E. Ray

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Not quite adults, why 20-somethings are choosing a slower path to adulthood, and why it's good for everyone, Rick Settersten and Barbara E. Ray

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-223) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Not quite adults

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

606763789

Responsibility statement

Rick Settersten and Barbara E. Ray

Sub title

why 20-somethings are choosing a slower path to adulthood, and why it's good for everyone

Summary

Why are 20-somethings delaying adulthood? The media have flooded us with negative headlines about this generation, from their sense of entitlement to their immaturity. Drawing on almost a decade of cutting-edge research and nearly five hundred interviews with young people, Richard Settersten, Ph. D., and Barbara E. Ray shatter these stereotypes, revealing an unexpected truth

Table Of Contents

Education, education, education -- Financing a future -- Job-hopping or job-shopping in a do-it-yourself economy -- First comes love, then comes--? -- The unlonely crowd : friends and social networks -- The parent-child lifeline -- iDecide : voting and volunteering in a digital world -- Converging destinies : prescriptions for change

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