04750cam a2200685 4500 590866050 TxAuBib 20220525120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781427283115 1427283117 9704c3c4-b488-43e1-93de-fb59fbdd28d7 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3255107 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Sasse, Benjamin E.,. The Vanishing American Adult [Libby] : Our Coming-of-Age Crisis—and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance. Macmillan Audio, 2017. American Politics . conservative. life lessons. American culture. Consumerism. Nebraska. Home Schooling. US politics. parenting books. american values. political books. republican senator. fortitude. education and politics. home school family. home schooled. midwest senator. midwestern politics. non fiction audio books. nonfiction audiobooks. opinion writing. political audio books. sociology family. audio politics books. audiobooks politics. nonfiction books on tape. poli sci audio books. poli sci audiobooks. political audiobooks. politics audio books. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 306MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 306MB. Family & Relationships. Politics. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>"Former college president and now U.S. Senator Ben Sasse reads with the clarity and confidence of a voice pro in this friendly warning aimed at America's parents, teachers, and governing officials." — <i>AudioFile Magazine</i><br /> AN INSTANT <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER —</b> <b>read by the author.</b><br /> <b>In an era of safe spaces, trigger warnings, and an unprecedented election, the country's youth are in crisis. Senator Ben Sasse warns the nation about the existential threat to America's future.</b><br /> Raised by well-meaning but overprotective parents and coddled by well-meaning but misbegotten government programs, America's youth are ill-equipped to survive in our highly-competitive global economy.<br /> Many of the coming-of-age rituals that have defined the American experience since the Founding: learning the value of working with your hands, leaving home to start a family, becoming economically self-reliant—are being delayed or skipped altogether. The statistics are daunting: 30% of college students drop out after the first year, and only 4 in 10 graduate. One in three 18-to-34 year-olds live with their parents.<br /> From these disparate phenomena: Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse who as president of a Midwestern college observed the trials of this generation up close, sees an existential threat to the American way of life.<br /> In <i>The Vanishing American Adult</i>, 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.<br /> Our democracy depends on responsible, contributing adults to function properly—without them America falls prey to populist demagogues. A call to arms, <i>The Vanishing American Adult</i> will ignite a much-needed debate about the link between the way we're raising our children and the future of our country.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-24 20:00:02. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/3255107-TheVanishingAmericanAdult.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9704c3c4-b488-43e1-93de-fb59fbdd28d7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/3255107-TheVanishingAmericanAdult.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9704c3c4-b488-43e1-93de-fb59fbdd28d7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)