Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before
by Jean M. Twenge
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Author: Jean M. TwengeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-06
ISBN: 0743276981
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Free Press
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- ISBN13: 9780743276986
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Book Review: Powerful message - everyone should read this book
Summary: 5 Stars
This intriguing book sends a powerful and controversial message: if we don't want our kids to grow up being conceited, selfish, self-centered, egomaniacs who can't deal with rejection or hardships in their life, then we need to stop telling them that they are special and that they are the center of the universe. This is, of course, in direct contradiction to everything you hear nowadays everywhere from schools to the media. Messages like: "You can do anything/be anything if you put your mind to it/if you just try," "You are special," "Having high self-esteem is important," "Love yourself first," etc. The book challenges these kinds of statements and shows how they are detrimental to our youth.
I found this book to be highly readable and a real page-turner, full of interesting (if not shocking) facts and statistics and lots of references to pop culture and current events that most young people can relate to. It is a book both for Generation Me-ers and their parents.
We are indeed in a dire state of things when most kids believe that they are special above everyone else, that self-esteem is the most important quality, that loving yourself is more important than loving others, and that to heck with everyone else at the expense of yourself.
This book argues convincingly that our constant barrage at telling kids that they are special and #1 in everything (even when they're not) is actually detrimental to them. These kids with such supposedly high self esteem and independent minds are bound to end up alone and lonely because nobody will be able to stand them.
Although the book does an excellent job at outlining the problem in painstaking detail, I wish it would do more to suggest solutions to these problems. I found myself asking, "OK, I am outraged - now what do we do about this as parents?" The author suggests stopping these self-esteem movements at the school level, but what can you do in the home? Is it really realistic to tell parents not to tell their kids they are special, not to proudly hang up their "works of art" on the fridge, not to have personalized items in their rooms celebrating their names, their achievements, and their personalities? What is the alternative? The only possible solution that I could glean from this book is to tell your kids that sure, they are special - but so are others.
Overall, the book offers a positive message and I love how it contradicts and goes against modern wisdom to offer a new perspective. I wish it offered more answers to its own questions, but this is definitely a must-read for anyone interested in the state of our youth today - from parents, to educators, to the kids themselves. I think everyone would benefit from reading this book.
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Summary of Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before
Called ?The Entitlement Generation? or Gen Y, they are storming into schools, colleges, and businesses all over the country. In this provocative new book, headline-making psychologist and social commentator Dr. Jean Twenge explores why the young people she calls ?Generation Me??those born in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s?are tolerant, confident, open-minded, and ambitious but also cynical, depressed, lonely, and anxious.Herself a member of Generation Me, Dr. Twenge uses findings from the largest intergenerational research study ever conducted?with data from 1.3 million respondents spanning six decades?to reveal how profoundly different today?s young adults are. Here are the shocking truths about this generation, including dramatic differences in sexual behavior, as well as controversial predictions about what the future holds for them and society as a whole. Her often humorous, eyebrow-raising stories about real people vividly bring to life the hopes and dreams, disappointments, and challenges of Generation Me.
GenMe has created a profound shift in the American character, changing what it means to be an individual in today?s society. The collision of this generation?s entitled self-focus and today?s competitive marketplace will create one of the most daunting challenges of the new century. Engaging, controversial, prescriptive, funny, Generation Me will give Boomers new insight into their offspring, and help those in their teens, 20s, and 30s finally make sense of themselves and their goals and find their road to happiness.
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