But You're Still So Young, Kayleen Schaefer

 

But You're Still So Young:  How thirtysomethings are redefining adulthood by Kayleen Schaefer.  I believe that I read about this book in the New York Times, but it makes me think of how my youngest is approaching life (though he is not thirtysomething).

Started: 3/18/2021
Completed: 3/20/2021
Recommendation:  meh
Recommended By: New York Times Review

Review:

So the subtitle is accurate, but then it is not.  There are traditional markers of adulthood:  getting married, buying a house, having children, etc.  To my way of thinking, these are things that adults do.  The author suggests that, in the past, doing these things makes you an adult.  See the difference?  Schaefer then goes on to argue that current thirtysomethings are adults without doing this stuff.  So, she sort of argues my point.  In addition, the mini-dramas that thirtysomethings are now facing are the mini-dramas that twentysomethings used to face (confusing real life with a rom-com, trying to create a start-up, etc.).  So this book feels to me that it took a mistaken definition and corrected it claiming it for her generation when I think she just misunderstood the definition in the first place.  So, meh.