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Article: Where are the grown-ups? Millions of Americans are over 21, but most of them seem not to know it. What ever happened to acting your age?
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 10, 1995
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CopyrightCopyright 1995 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Fathers of three wear tank tops and mesh shorts on plane trips.
Forty-ish women strap on helmets and pads to go Rollerblading. A New
York teacher motel-hops across the country with a ninth-grade girl
and wonders why everyone's mad at him. Whatever happened to
grown-ups? You know, those sensible folks over 30 who knew what to
wear and how to behave -- who acted their age, by God. They not only
knew what to do, they knew what not to do. Nobody had to tell them,
"No shoes, no shirt, no service."
Grown-ups were folks like our parents -- well, unless your parents
are under 45. Grown-ups were sensible. Grown-ups were discreet.
Grown-ups were responsible. They didn't use recreational drugs, put ...