<p>Senator Ben Sasse's instant <i>New York Times </i>bestseller on how to raise resilient, responsible children.<b><br><br>THE INSTANT <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b><br><br><b>In an era of safe spaces, trigger warnings, and an unprecedented election, the country's youth are in crisis. Senator Ben Sasse warns the nation about the existential threat to America's future.</b><br><br>Raised by well-meaning but overprotective parents and coddled by well-meaning but misbegotten government programs, America's youth are ill-equipped to survive in our highly-competitive global economy. <br><br>Many of the coming-of-age rituals that have defined the American experience since the Founding: learning the value of working with your hands, leaving home to start a family, becoming economically self-reliant—are being delayed or skipped altogether. The statistics are daunting: 30% of college students drop out after the first year, and only 4 in 10 graduate. One in three 18-to-34 year-olds live with their parents. <br><br>From these disparate phenomena: Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse who as president of a Midwestern college observed the trials of this generation up close, sees an existential threat to the American way of life.<br><br>In <i>The Vanishing American Adult</i>, Sasse diagnoses the causes of a generation that can't grow up and offers a path for raising children to become active and engaged citizens. He identifies core formative experiences that all young people should pursue: hard work to appreciate the benefits of labor, travel to understand deprivation and want, the power of reading, the importance of nurturing your body—and explains how parents can encourage them.<br><br>Our democracy depends on responsible, contributing adults to function properly—without them America falls prey to populist demagogues. A call to arms, <i>The Vanishing American Adult</i> will ignite a much-needed debate about the link between the way we're raising our children and the future of our country.</p> Read Less