ADOLESCENCE - A CULTURAL DILEMMA

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  • Sidney Lecker Montreal General Hospital

Abstract

Alienation, militancy, bizarre dress and drug abuse are four characteristics often associated with adolescents, as individuals or as groups. If these associations gel into a superordinate category of "Hippie" or "Yippie," the response of the adult world is, at least, hostile, if not frantic. What is it in current youth culture that so disturbs contemporary adult society? What is it in adult society that has given rise to a distinctive youth culture? What are the effects of two coexisting cultures on society, the family, and the individual? How are we going to cope with, if not integrate these two cultures? These are the issues addressed, incompletely to be sure, in this paper.

Author Biography

Sidney Lecker, Montreal General Hospital

Sidney Lecker, M.D., C.M., C.R.C.P.(C). is Director, Mental Assessment and Guidance Clinic, Montreal Children's Hospital and Assistant Psychiatrist, Montreal General Hospital. Dr. Lecker's paper is based on an address delivered to the National Conference of Jewish Communal Services (Montreal Chapter), December, 1969.

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1970-04-01

How to Cite

Lecker, S. (1970). ADOLESCENCE - A CULTURAL DILEMMA. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 5(001). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/6741

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