I have a suspicion (and I am not alone here) that a good deal of society’s confusion, unresolved problems, and the source of an awful lot of unhappiness, can be traced, if not completely then substantially, to this fact: people just do not grow up anymore.
From serial marriages, to yobbish behaviour, to watching eight hours of TV a day, to trying to fit 25 stone bodies into size 8 dresses, to lack of consistency and commitment, to vast credit problems — the fact is people are behaving like children. And often spoiled children at that.
It is children who make and break a half dozen friendships in a week, get stroppy when they can’t have their way, become mesmerised by pointless TV shows, are fickle in their moods, will spend all their savings on some temporary toy.
