Collection: Social Animal, Political Animal
Genre: NONFICTION > Academic Text
The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis鈥攁nd How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance
Benjamin E. Sasse
Role: Author
A New York Times Best seller written by a former US Senator
In The Vanishing American Adult, Ben Sasse diagnoses the causes of a generation that “can’t grow up” and offers a path for raising children to become active and engaged citizens. He identifies core formative experiences that all young people should pursue: hard work to appreciate the benefits of labor, travel to understand deprivation and want, the power of reading, the importance of nurturing your body—and explains how parents can encourage them.
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