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Question by Aurelia: What “rites of passage” are relevant to modern American teenagers?
Most cultures provide their young adults a ceremony or introduction into the community. These may be physical (piercings, tattoos), spiritual ceremonies (sweat lodges, vision quests), religious (bar/bat mitzvah), or societal (cotillions), but rites seem to have fallen out of favor. Or have they?
Let me rephrase; What initiation into the adult world do kids have today? Obviously getting a drivers license (and all the other things you listed) is an important step, but it doesn’t mark them as “adult” to the society at large. What does?

Best answer:

Answer by Asitg-Pinoy
or intellectual! education, bachelors degree, achievement, ^_^

{EDIT}

i remember what my late father told me, you become an adult, but never a fulfilled one, unless your sons and daughters look up to you. hmmmm makes sense though. ^_^

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

3 Responses to Q&A: What “rites of passage” are relevant to modern American teenagers?

  • S P says:

    Getting a license to drive at the age of 16.

  • Malruhn says:

    Oh, no, there are still very important rites of passage for today’s youth!!

    Driver’s License
    First date
    First kiss
    Loss of virginity
    Middle-school graduation
    High-school graduation
    First job
    First car (even if bought by parents)
    Making “the” sports team (whatever team that is in school)
    Earning a “letter” (Letterman’s Jacket) for US students
    A class ring
    Someone else’s class ring (going steady/quasi-engaged)
    Old enough to have a MySpace/Facebook/whatever page.

  • CurlyQ says:

    training bras & training jock straps

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