EDHD 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, Knowledge Economy, Sexual Revolution

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Education, Human Development
• Course: EDHD 320
• Professor: Jennie Lee- Kim

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Parents said when they accept resobsinbility: financially indepepdnet, finishing education, and getting married parents said these. Most 20 year old say yes and no (in one anser) that they feel like an adult. Time between adolescne and adult toles (between 18 and 25 or 29 its vauge: marrigage- one of the key changes. Time for marriage: 1960= 21women and 23 for men, current 30 for women and 32 for men. Video- 4 reasons for why emerging adulthood is later: Technology- transition from manufacturing economy to knowledge economy: do(cid:374)"t (cid:374)eed a lot of people to (cid:373)ake (cid:373)a(cid:272)hi(cid:374)es (cid:374)o(cid:449, need education passed high school today- more education for longer- pushes everything else off. Sexual revolution: birth control and contraception, link between sexuality and parenthood/marriage is shifted, sexual relations happen now a decade or more before marriage, no commitment needed, to ha(cid:448)e se(cid:454), do(cid:374)"t (cid:374)eed (cid:373)arriage.