NOTES

INTRODUCTION

1. Mark Bauerlein, The Dumbest Generation: How The Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future, New York: Penguin/Tarcher, 2001, 26.

2. Robert Bly, The Sibling Society, New York: Vintage, 1997, 60.

3. Megan K. Scott, "Parents Turn the Miley Moment into a Teachable One," Associated Press, April 29, 2008.

4. William Damon, The Path to Purpose: Helping Our Children Find Their Calling in Life, New York: Free Press, 2008.

5. Ibid., Damon, The Path to Purpose, 3.

6. Charles McGrath, "Growing Up for Dummies," New York Times, April 20, 2008.

7. Bauerlein, The Dumbest Generation, 201.

CHAPTER 1

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