A study by Jean Twenge (San Diego University associate professor of psychology and author of Generation Me: Why Today’s Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled–and More Miserable Than Ever Before) has shown a moderate increase in narcissism in the modern college student compared to previous generations. She recently garnered quite a bit of press [...]
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Justice and Civil Court/Chicken and Egg
The inspiration for this column comes from the recent probation of six teenagers guilty of drunkenly trashing a house in Haddonfield, NJ while the owners were away. The full story behind the $18,000 worth of damages is just as disturbing as the verdict. Not only are teenagers seeking extreme and dangerous levels of intoxication, they [...]