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Author Settersten, Richard A., Jr., 1964-

Title Not quite adults : why 20-somethings are choosing a slower path to adulthood, and why it's good for everyone / Rick Settersten and Barbara E. Ray
Edition First edition
Published New York : Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, [2010]
©2010

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Description xxiii, 239 pages ; 21 cm
Contents Education, education, education -- Financing a future -- Job hopping or job shopping in a do-it-yourself economy -- First comes love, then comes--? -- The unlonely crowd -- The parent-child lifeline -- iDecide : voting and volunteering in a digital world -- Converging destinies : prescriptions for change
Summary Why are 20-somethings delaying adulthood? The media have flooded us with negative headlines about this generation, from their sense of entitlement to their immaturity. Drawing on almost a decade of cutting-edge research and nearly five hundred interviews with young people, Richard Settersten, Ph.D., and Barbara E. Ray shatter these stereotypes, revealing an unexpected truth
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-223) and index
Subject Young adults.
Young adults -- United States.
Adulthood.
Adult children living with parents.
Author Ray, Barbara (Barbara E.)
LC no. 2010027109
ISBN 9780553807400 acid-free paper
0553807404 acid-free paper
9780440339793 e-book
0440339790 e-book