[Paleo Conservative]

The stratification of students into age-related peer groups has choked off the ability of teens to model from and communicate with those older than one's self, which is how maturational development is supposed to occur.

[handk]

Loeffler has really hit the nail on the head with his article. Very few teenagers I've "run into" while out and about are able to carry on the most basic social interaction. It's like "Invastion of the Body Snatchers" for real.

If they're working at a fast-food place, and you say the "right" words, i.e., what's on the script running in their head, then they're "OK". But if you deviate from the script, you can actually see, from the expression on their face, that their mind is short-circuiting. If it were a cartoon, there'd be little sparks shooting out their ears, with smoke.

To be fair, however, I've also met teenagers who are the exact opposite. Thinking, rationale, cognitive,... human.

[Lady Eileen]

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