Growing Up Is Harder to Do. Frank F. Furstenberg and others.
by Furstenberg, Frank F; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 38Family. Publisher: Contexts, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Adulthood | Americans -- Attitudes | Family demography | Public opinion polls | Young adultsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In the past several decades, a new life stage has emerged: early adulthood. No longer adolescents, but not yet ready to assume the full responsibilities of an adult, many young people are caught between needing to learn advanced job skills and depending on their family to support them during the transition." (CONTEXTS) This article reveals that "social scientists are beginning to recognize a new phase of life: early adulthood" and identifies some of the "differences in how young people today define and achieve adulthood from those of both the recent and the more distant past."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Growing Up Is Harder to Do, Summer 2004; pp. 33-41.
"In the past several decades, a new life stage has emerged: early adulthood. No longer adolescents, but not yet ready to assume the full responsibilities of an adult, many young people are caught between needing to learn advanced job skills and depending on their family to support them during the transition." (CONTEXTS) This article reveals that "social scientists are beginning to recognize a new phase of life: early adulthood" and identifies some of the "differences in how young people today define and achieve adulthood from those of both the recent and the more distant past."
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