Podcast: Should Adolescence be Abolished?

Are we infantilizing teens to the point that we are raising a nation of wimps? Is adolescence extended so long that people have grey hair by the time they become adults? Robert Epstein, Director Emeritus of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies in Massachusetts and author of a href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/188495670X?ie=UTF8tag=wwwviolentkicomlinkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=188495670X”emThe Case Against Adolescence: Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen,/em/aimg src=”http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wwwviolentkicoml=as2o=1a=188495670X” width=”1″ height=”1″ border=”0″ alt=”” style=”border:none !important; margin:0px !important;” / will discuss these questions and more on today’s podcast. In a controversial thesis, Epstein’s terrific and thought-provoking new book argues that adolescense is an unnecessary part of life that people are better off without. Find out how your teen’s exposure to school and Western media may be setting him or her up for incompetence, poor judgement and social-emotional turmoil. What can you do about it? Read the book or listen to the podcast to find out. Or go take Dr. Epstein’s competency test to find out how adult you or your teen is at a href=”http://drrobertepstein.com/EDTA-unabridged/”www.howadultareyou.com/a or visit his website at a href=”http://drrobertepstein.com/index.php?option=contenttask=viewid=10Itemid=29″drrobertepstein.com/a.br /br /br /You can listen directly by a href=”http://politicscentral.com/2007/04/11/the_glenn_and_helen_show_shoul.php”going here/a and clicking on the gray Flash player, or you can download the file by a href=”http://richmedia.pjmedia.com/audio/politicscentral/glenn_helen_show/20070412-epstein.mp3″clicking right here./a You can get a lo-fi version suitable for dialup by a href=”http://politicscentral.com/2007/04/11/the_glenn_and_helen_show_shoul.php”going here/a and selecting lo-fi. And, of course, you can get a free subscription via iTunes — and wouldn’t you want to, really? You can go to our past archives at the a href=”http://www.glennandhelenshow.com/”GlennandHelenShow.com/a.br /br /Music is “The High School Song” by a href=”http://theantidote.net/music/”Audra and the Antidote./a This podcast is brought to you by a href=”http://volvocars.us”Volvo Cars/a — buy one and tell ’em it’s all because of the Glenn and Helen Show!