Tweenies & kidults

Post War Consumerism and the Youth Market

'The most anxious identity crises tend to occur in adolescence but it is easy to see how this stage can be exploited by marketers. Artificially delaying the arrival of adulthood, and thus extending the period of identity exploration, is an obvious ploy, seen in Disneyland but in many other contexts as well'. - David Lyon, Jesus in Disneyland

We haven't been aware of the power of the iconolatry of youth. The eight years-old girls want to be the eighteen youngsters (tweenies) while the young adults also want to stay at their eighteen's (kidults). All people want to be the teenagers, in the consumeristic world.

What the world is like now?
Youthfulization??

Think of D. Bonhoeffer....he talked about the adulthood of our age. I am afriad that we have been regressed to an eariler stage.

how do u think?