Launch Generation

In our reading material the video Failure to Launch Generation (2014), Dr. Brooks deals with how young adults are having a hard time leaving home. This is called failure to launch. One of the reasons this generation has issues with launching is too much information. They have information but don’t know how to really deal with the information they have. In the King James Version of 2nd Timothy 3:7, says “Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” Young adults have more access to the world on a greater level than I, my parents, and my forefathers ever did but, my grandmother could go outside and look at a tree and tell me which tree would settle my stomach. Here in lays practical knowledge versus informational
I hope so but I am not 100% sure. I like to say it like my grandmother, “grown folk do what grown folk do.” That means if you need anything you work for it and it resides in your own home. I am sure my grandmother wasn’t the only one with sayings like that. Does anyone remember any of those priceless gems? My father raised his sisters and brothers at the age of 16 because both of his parents died. The young people I know like to make adult decisions when it impacts what they want, but not what they need. Ascher and Anderer (2015), discuss coping skills as another issue that may cause failure to launch. Those coping skills could be dealing with not completing assignments, not having real consequences when failing, no disciplinary actions from parents, and even the parent stopping or intervening when the school disciplines the child. If our children don’t learn how to cope with day to day issues it makes it harder for that child to leave the