An interesting read about how children and young adults in some great numbers don't seem to be maturing into adulthood. Ben Sasse is a Senator from Nebraska but is also a Phd in American History from Yale and before Senator was a university president at Midland University in Fremont, NE, near where I grew up. His wife is also a long time public school teacher. Ben is also 3 years younger than me, so this is not some old white guy telling kids to get off his lawn and is not blaming public school education for the evils. He places the responsiblity for kids becoming adults on the parents and encourages them to help their kids. He places big emphasis on reading, travel, learning independence at a young age, work experience and being around people of all ages--not just your same age peers in school. He has brought up a lot of interesting thoughts and ideas, not sure how much play it is getting but lots of things to see and incorporate where possible. I enjoyed this book because of the ideas, not always the easiest book to get through but worth it.
There are 46 WL for this book on PBS so I will mail it off at some point just to make sure the ideas do get passed along.
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