Please watch three videos and respond / answer the following prompts: (1) Contrast what Dr. Arnett says about emergent adult with Clinical psychologist Dr. Meg Jay. who speaks about how contrary to popular belief, the 20s are not a throwaway decade. Jay (2013) says that just because marriage, work and kids are happening later in life, does not mean you cannot start planning now. Then there is Scott Hess, who has worked with virtually every significant youth-relevant entity in business today, from motorcycles to movies, from social networks to skin care, and from governments to gum. Scott’s personal mission is to make sure that young viewpoints are heard, respected, and understood. (2) Can you think about anything else this relates to that we have studied this semester? (3) Please cite the sources in a reference page with APA-correct citations – you are going to do this on your own.
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Jeffrey Jensen Arnett: Emerging Adulthood
– Emerging adult
– New life stage
– 30 is the new 20
– Instead of settling in people are trying out different alternatives
– Not just a North American phenomenon
– Industrialized countries
– US has shorter emerging adulthood
– Lazy, wont take on responsibility”
– Unfair stereotype
– Untrue
– Why is it happening now?
– Economy changing from manufacturing to information and services and technology
– Jobs take longer to prepare for
– Pre-marital sex and cohabitation is now widely tolerated if not accepted
– 20s is the time to do things you can only do in emerging adulthood
– Doesnt entirely rely on mom and dads nickel
– Brain
– Brain is still transforming but doesnt have much to do with the phenomenon
– Social and economic changes are responsible for new life stage.
– Ambivalent to reaching adulthood
– 50 years ago it was big achievement
– Wii Great Depression generation
– Looking forward to stability
– Now, people dont look at adulthood the same way
– See it as a stagnation
– Dont want to rush into it
– Helicopter parents
– Parents now have encouraged their kids to be what they want to be
Why 30 is not the New 20 – Meg Jay
– Benign neglect
– 50 million 20 somethings
– 15% of the population
– Claiming you 20s is one of the most transformative things you can do
– 80% of lifes most defining moments happen by mid 30s
– First 10 years of career have exponential impact on how much money
– Dating future partner by 30
– Second and last brain growth spurt in 20s
– Personality changes more during 20s
– Female fertility peaks at 28 and gets tricky after 35
– Adult development
– As a culture we have trivialized the 20s when they are the most defining years of our lives.
– Post-millennial mid life crisis
– You cant have the career you now want
– You cant have that child you now want
– You cant give your child a sibling
– Change what theyre doing and thinking
– Emma
– 25
– Identity crisis
– Emergency contact
– Forget about having an identity crisis and get identity capital
– Adds value to who you are
– Investment in who you might want o be next
– Now is the time
– 20 somethings who huddle together with like-minded piers limit themselves
– You cant pick your family but you can pick your friends
– You do pick your family in your 20s
– Best time to work on your marriage is before you have one
– 20 somethings are like airplanes just taking off from LAX and heading west
– One good conversation, one good break
Millennials: Who They Are & Why We Hate Them – Scott Hess
– Generational dynamics
– Gen X
– Leaning back; slackers
– Cliquish, judgmental
– Anti-Corporate
– Parents are authority figures
– Mass Media
– Millenial
– Leaning forward; engaged
– Inclusive, tolerant
– Commerce lubricated by conscious
– Parents are friends and helpers
– Personal Media
– Gen X, were jealous of them
– Whats the perfect age?
– Magic moment between independence and dependence
– Millennials extended that magic point
– Completing school, leaving home, becoming financially independent, marrying, having a child
– 1960
– 77% of women and 65% of men had reached all 5 by 30.
– 2010
– 13% of women 10% of men have done so.
– They have figured out ways to sur
