August 8, 2008

Youth Bashing Gets Old

By CHRISTOPHER J. FERGUSON

A perennial talking point of politicians and scientists, since the time of the Greeks, is to lament how our youth are sliding into moral decrepitude, lawlessness, and poor mental health. Indeed, to hear some observers talk, particularly in this election year, young people in the United States are being battered by a coarsened culture that celebrates violence and irresponsible sexuality, placing them at greater risk than ever before of a wide variety of social maladies. Though compelling, this

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