Parenting In The New World Chapter Summary

Introduction Jim Hancock presents a candid and refreshing view into parenting with his book, “Raising Adults: A Humane Guide for Parenting in The New World”. Parents are often ill suited to raise their children into productive adults, they often instead raise children. This is not fault of their own, they did not have good examples themselves.
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In the two hundred and sixty-on pages of this book, Hancock talks about real-life situations parents and children encounter every day as parents struggle to raise their children. Jim points out we as parents often do just that raise children instead of adults. The book explores the negative view the elder generation has of the next. Highlighting how the “cultural soup” differs from generation to generation. This distaste for the soup of the following generation contributes to many issues parents face …show more content…
Personal Response I read every page of this book at least one, several I read multiple times. I have recommended this book to a co-worker and my pastor. I personally relate to this book as a member of generation X and as a parent. Reading this book has called to mind many memories from childhood and from my own journey as a parent. I count myself fortunate to have read this book while my children are still relatively young, ten and eight. The entire feeling I derived from this book came to mind when I read how the author describes his grandparents. “I don’t think they were bad. Just lost in America.” The song by Alice Cooper, “Lost in America” to be specific. “I can't go to school 'Cause I ain't got a gun I ain't got a gun 'Cause I ain't got a job I ain't got a job 'Cause I can't go to school So I'm looking for a girl with a gun and a job Don't you know where you are? Lost in America.” The song goes in circles, he