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Jan.05.2011 Generation Recession--peering into the future and it's pretty dim In the several interviews I've now done for Not Quite Adults, the conversation has generally hewed to kids living at home and why that's a good thing. We've talked about how it leads to a more secure future when kids have the space, literally and figuratively, to create a good foundation with...	Dec.29.2010 Unemployment nears 16% for young adults--and you wonder why they're moving home I've been absent for awhile as the press push for Not Quite Adults kicks into high gear. But I'm back... NQA launched itself into adulthood on Dec 28. I was thrilled yesterday to get a shout-out from the New Yorker's Book Bench. I can die a happy woman now. My coauthor and I discussed the book...
Dec.16.2010 Young adults taking it to the streets Are we on the brink of a worldwide youth revolt? Young adults in London have taken to the streets to protest cuts in education spending and tuition hikes. Students in Bologna, Italy, did likewise. Unemployment among young adults in Europe is staggering, creating a potential tinderbox for...	Dec.09.2010 GenY's blueprint for the future--a great example of how committed and "can-do" this generation is If anyone still thinks this Millennial generation is, as the media so often puts it, a bunch of spoiled slackers, there's "Think 2040" standing a clear rebuke. Think 2040 is the vision that this generation has for the future. Organized by Roosevelt's Campus Network--the nation's...
Dec.09.2010 GenY's blueprint for the future--a great example of how committed and "can-do" this generation is If anyone still thinks this Millennial generation is, as the media so often puts it, a bunch of spoiled slackers, there's "Think 2040" standing a clear rebuke. Think 2040 is the vision that this generation has for the future. Organized by Roosevelt's Campus Network--the nation's...	Dec.07.2010 How will the recession affect this optimistic, institution-trusting GenY? As "Not Quite Adults" wraps up, I've been working on a new book with Maria Kefalas and her husband Pat Carr--what we're calling Generation-R (for recession)(Thank you Steven Greenhouse). They and a team of sociologists are interviewing young people from the Philadelphia area (see more...
Jan.07.2010 I dream of GenY If you're over 30 you probably don’t yearn to recapture 20-something days of gritty uncertainty. It’s even less appealing if you’re from the tail end of the Baby Boom, a generation gap in itself. My birth year alone meant I’d always occupy an entry-level position in that cultural generation. Last...