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Revised and Updated: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before
Atria
October 2014
On Sale: September 30, 2014
ISBN: 1476755566
EAN: 9781476755564
Kindle: B000GCFCUK
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Non-Fiction
The Associated Press calls them "The Entitlement
Generation," and they are storming into schools, colleges,
and businesses all over the country. They are today's young
people, a new generation with sky-high expectations and a
need for constant praise and fulfillment. In this
provocative new book, headline-making psychologist and
social commentator Dr. Jean Twenge documents the self-focus
of what she calls "Generation Me" -- people born in the
1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Herself a member of Generation Me,
Dr. Twenge explores why her generation is tolerant,
confident, open-minded, and ambitious but also cynical,
depressed, lonely, and anxious. Using findings from the largest intergenerational study ever
conducted -- with data from 1.3 million respondents spanning
six decades -- Dr. Twenge reveals how profoundly different
today's young adults are -- and makes controversial
predictions about what the future holds for them and society
as a whole. But Dr. Twenge doesn't just talk statistics --
she highlights real-life people and stories and vividly
brings to life the hopes and dreams, disappointments and
challenges of Generation Me.With a good deal of irony,
humor, and sympathy she demonstrates that today's young
people have been raised to aim for the stars at a time when
it is more difficult than ever to get into college, find a
good job, and afford a house -- even with two incomes.
GenMe's expectations have been raised just as the world is
becoming more competitive, creating an enormous clash
between expectations and reality. Dr. Twenge also presents
the often-shocking truths about her generation's
dramatically different sexual behavior and mores. GenMe has created a profound shift in the American
character, changing what it means to be an individual in
today's society. Engaging, controversial, prescriptive, and
often funny, Generation Me will give Boomers new
insight into their offspring, and help GenMe'ers in their
teens, 20s, and 30s finally make sense of themselves and
their goals and find their road to happiness.
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