1/30/12.
"What was he thinking?" It's the familiar cry of bewildered parents trying to
understand why their teenagers act the way they do.
How does the boy who can thoughtfully explain the reasons never to drink and drive end up in a drunken crash? Why does the girl who knows all about birth control find herself pregnant by a boy she doesn't even like? What happened to the gifted, imaginative child who excelled through high school but then dropped out of college, drifted from job to job and now lives in his parents' basement..."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203806504577181351486558984.html
Alison Gopnik:
"What was he thinking?" It's the familiar cry of bewildered parents trying to
understand why their teenagers act the way they do. How does the boy who can thoughtfully explain the reasons never to drink and drive end up in a drunken crash? Why does the girl who knows all about birth control find herself pregnant by a boy she doesn't even like? What happened to the gifted, imaginative child who excelled through high school but then dropped out of college, drifted from job to job and now lives in his parents' basement..."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203806504577181351486558984.html
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