As Richard Settersten, author of Not Quite Adults: Why 20 - Somethings Are Choosing a
Slower Path to Adulthood, and Why It's Good for Everyone, has said: «the media focuses so much on coddled
kids, but there's a huge, invisible
class of young people that's just not part of our public discussion and who are really
in dire straits.»
Raised by a single mother without a lot of money, she moved around a lot, spent some time homeless and got into lots of trouble as a
kid — you know, acted out, got put
in the «
slow»
class in sixth grade.