Twentysomething : why do young adults seem stuck? / Robin Marantz Henig and Samantha Henig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henig, Robin Marantz.

Contributor:

Henig, Samantha.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young adults--United States--Social life and customs.

Young adults.

Young adults--United States--Attitudes.

Manners and customs.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxv, 276 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Twenty something

Place of Publication:

New York : Hudson Street Press, [2012]

Summary:

What does it mean to be young today? In the summer of 2010, Robin Marantz Henig wrote a provocative article for the New York Times Magazine called "What is it about 20-somethings?" It generated enormous reader response and started a conversation that included both millennials and baby boomers. Now, working with her millennial daughter Samantha, she expands the project to give us a full portrait of what it means to be in your twenties today. Looking through many lenses, the Henigs ask whether emerging adulthood has truly become a new rite of passage. They examine the latest neuroscience and psychological research, the financial pressures young people face now, changing cultural expectations, the aftereffects of helicopter parenting, and the changes that have arisen from social media and all things Internet. Most important, they have surveyed more than 120 millennials and baby boomers to give voice to both viewpoints of a conversation that is usually one-sided.--From publisher description.

Contents:

The twenties crossroads

Schooling

Career choices

Love and marriage

Baby carriage

Brain and body

Friendship in real life

Parents as co-adults

What's different, and why it matters

Appendix: the questionnaire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781594630965

1594630968

OCLC:

785077562