PSY 2105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Helicopter Parent
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The term was rst used in 2000 by arnett. This word is used to despite the life stage between adolescences and adulthood. Created a lot of research in psychology. Won"t take on any type of commitment. Have no money so they have to use their parents. It takes longer to do stu now finishing school, getting a job and marry later. Trying di erent types of lives before accepting adulthood. Wanting to enjoy the career so they take more time to carefully select one. The economy information and services economy has developed so it takes longer to prepare for the job market. Living with someone before marriage is not frowned upon anymore. Social movements show us that we don"t want to rush into adulthood. Encourage to be whatever we want and to have whatever we want makes it harder for them to commit. The group of people that are between the ages of 18 and 29.