Grow Up!

Life Isn't Safe, but It's Good

Everett Piper

• Publisher: Regnery
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9781684510917
• eBook ISBN:
  9781684511174
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Personal Success
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Arrested Development It's not your imagination. Millions of young adults today behave like children. Stuck in a permanent adolescence, they throw temper tantrums when they don't get what they want, blame everyone but themselves for their failures, and refuse to take responsibility for their lives.We used to write off their behavior as a "phase." But that phase doesn't look like it's ending anytime soon. And these grown children are pouring out of the glorified day care known as college and entering the corporate world full of infantile demands and expectations.A former university president, Dr. Everett Piper knows a thing or two about the ideas that motivate today's youth. Having experienced the snowflake mob's rage himself, he understands the threat that these young people pose to the rest of society. Grow Up! is his contrarian blueprint for a successful adult life.With bracing candor, Dr. Piper shares: • How ideologues disguised as teachers arrested the development of entire generations• The dangerous ideas in which popular culture and the education system marinate young people for years• Simple lessons for becoming a thinking, mature citizen• The qualities that made this country great and how to reclaim themFilled with wisdom and learning, Grow Up! is the antidote to the poison that we consume every day—a powerful corrective that shows readers how to live in truth and freedom.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Introduction: A Time Such as This
• Lesson 1: Walking Is Better Than Crawling
• Lesson 2: Plates Don’t Have Legs
• Lesson 3: Don’t Fall in the Pool
• Lesson 4: Pack Jumper Cables
• Lesson 5: Don’t Argue with the Mechanic
• Lesson 6: You’re Not Webster
• Lesson 7: Love Lost
• Lesson 8: Brush Your Teeth before Leaving
• Lesson 9: Jell-O Doesn’t Nail to the Wall
• Lesson 10: Bring Your Umbrella
• Lesson 11: Be What the Box Says
• Lesson 12: Listen for Omaha
• Lesson 13: Be the All-Beef Patty
• Lesson 14: Wish Everyone a Merry Christmas
• Lesson 15: Stay in the Pen
• Lesson 16: Wear the White Hat
• Lesson 17: Look at an Aerial Photo
• Lesson 18: Was It Helpful or Hurtful?
• Lesson 19: There Is No “I” in Team
• Lesson 20: Sit at the Exit Door
• Conclusion
• About the Author
• Notes
• Index
• Copyright