Comments on: The Rebelution, According To Dad http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2005/09/the-rebelution-according-to-dad/ reb•e•lu•tion (reb’el lu shen) n. a teenage rebellion against low expectations Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:28:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Kim Anderson http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2005/09/the-rebelution-according-to-dad/#comment-2513 Kim Anderson Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.therebelution.com/blog/?p=66#comment-2513 Alex & Brett Harris make a good point in their blog, the Rebelution, that it isn’t good enough just to best our culture’s current expectation of teenagers. They argue that the whole system of definitions and standards are hopelessly off-kilter. Every expectation drawn from allowances made for “adolescence” needs to be tossed off and replaced by another standard. Gentlemen, I couldn’t agree more!
Still it is difficult for people, who have been steeped in the notion that “adolescence” is a necessary stage of development, to imagine what young “non-adolescents” would look like. I have found a number of wonderful teenagers, who seem to define themselves completely outside the accepted norms. They are people upon whom I can depend to come through with creativity, energy, discretion, self-control and courage beyond even most adults I know.
They are the sort of people one needs if one is interested in serious cultural renewal. They are not yet the masters of their respective crafts, but unlike most adults, they are not people who “know only the limits of the possible” (Terry Pratchet, The Last Hero).
Over the next few days, I’d like to introduce you to a few at my blog, Mother-Lode. http://mother-lode.blogspot.com/

Keep up the good work, gentlemen!

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