Psychology of People Who Grew Up in the 1960s

[H2O Man]

38. Interesting.

Recommended for the OP and discussion.

I got older in the '60s, though one could argue that I've never given up. Thus, I found this interesting, and having some good information. I do think it might fit white, middle class kids from that era, but not so much for many -- perhaps most -- minority and low-income kids. And I think that in some areas, there may be some errors. For example, those who grew up during the Great Depression knew the value of pennies and mastered delayed gratification. It left off Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, too,

There are, exactly as it notes, differences between kids then and now. However, I remember a study of college students in the mid-'70s, indicating the majority said being alone for a weekend, with nothing but books, would be very difficult. Stereos and televions were considered essential then. Cell phones are more so today, but the idea is the same.

I shall end by telling about a second grade "tuck your head" in the hallway, rather than under our desks. A classmate I'll call Bob was so anxious he shit his pants. This made the next kid puke, and then a girl a few kids away puked as well. This remains etched in my memory, as if Bob's shit and the other two's puke were an uncanny prediction of the felon, Stephen Miller, and Steve Bannon being in and around the White House.