They could be children or adults, or even in the processing of one becoming the other (and where the line fell has changed plenty of times), but the idea that distinct stage of life exists between childhood ending and adulthood beginning only coalesced post-WW2.
This line of thought is what makes me enjoy pursuits like drawing, writing, and piano. You might need some part or replacement piece every once in a while, but it's something you can like as a child, adult, and old abnormality who didn't die in the revolution. In a healthy society, you should always be able to call upon your imagination for entertainment.
The idea that you're supposed to like different things at different ages was invented so you'd have to buy new shit every few years.
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not really, but conceptions of adulthood and childhood have been integrated and reformed by consumer capitalism.
Wasn't the 'teenager' basically invented with the boomers to create a new market demographic?
yea, but "child" wasn't.
Yes because there's absolutely no difference between 8 year-olds and 16 year-olds.
Yes, that's why 16 year olds used to be adults
Yes because there’s absolutely no difference between 8 year-olds and 15 year-olds.
But also, saying that 16 year-olds not being adults is just a marketing invention is an interesting argument.
They could be children or adults, or even in the processing of one becoming the other (and where the line fell has changed plenty of times), but the idea that distinct stage of life exists between childhood ending and adulthood beginning only coalesced post-WW2.
https://boundlesstheatre.org.uk/we-are-boundless/the-origin-of-the-teenager/
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/02/brief-history-teenagers/
https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2020/03/30/birth-of-the-teenager/
This line of thought is what makes me enjoy pursuits like drawing, writing, and piano. You might need some part or replacement piece every once in a while, but it's something you can like as a child, adult, and old abnormality who didn't die in the revolution. In a healthy society, you should always be able to call upon your imagination for entertainment.