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On the Crisis of Socialisation and the Problem of Adult Responsibility

Frank Furedi · 29 Sept 2026

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  1. the exercise of responsibility by adults has little to do with technical skills but a commitment to assume the duty of care about the future of the younger generations
  2. The invention of the word adulting is symptomatic of a culture that increasingly portrays the identity of an adult as one, that no sensible person would enthusiastically embrace.

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