Reddit mentions of The Case Against Adolescence: Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen

The Case Against Adolescence by Robert Epstien educated me on the potential of every young adult and Just Don't Fall by Josh Sundquist inspired me in a time when I really needed it.

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Doesn't bother me, honestly. Most people around that age want nothing more than to be responsible for themselves. You can't have that, then play the victim card in the same breath. If someone around that age thinks it's in their best interest to fuck a 70 year old, power to them. It doesn't really make a difference in the grand scheme of life either way, until people start making a big deal out of it and making them feel bad about it.

To me books like this have some real merit behind them, when you consider how disjointed our current view of adolescence is from how it was historically and evolutionarily. Take someone who, from an evolutionary standpoint, is trying as hard as possible to be impactful and validated, and treat them like children, and what you're left with are rebellious assholes.

I think it's important to acknowledge that, historically, humans lived about 30 years, and to consider that when you decide how to size up an adolescent's capacity for being responsible for themselves.

Here's an article by the same guy that goes over the same issues.

Good.
Here's some links:
http://www.youthrights.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_a_Society_Free_from_Age_Restrictions

Robert Epstein:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200703/trashing-teens


https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Adolescence-Rediscovering-Adult/dp/188495670X