Let's End Adolescence
<i>Adolescence was invented in the 19th century to enable middle-class families to keep their children out of sweatshops. But it has degenerated into a process of enforced boredom and age segregation...</i><p><i>The fact is, most young people want to be challenged and given real responsibility. They want to be treated like young men and women, not old children.</i><p>Where have we heard this before?<p><a href="http://paulgraham.com/nerds.html" rel="nofollow">http://paulgraham.com/nerds.html</a>