Such deep insights - the memories unraveled by that sweater serve both as a reminder of the impetuousness of youthful rebelliousness against parents, or against authority more generally, and that you can't forge an independent identity just by standing against them, but also by knowing what you stand for.
We boomers excelled at that, but didn't succeed in sustaining the rebellion because we were too busy fighting against our elders to know what future we wanted to fight for. "Peace, love, and rock & roll" does not an independent future make.
Such deep insights - the memories unraveled by that sweater serve both as a reminder of the impetuousness of youthful rebelliousness against parents, or against authority more generally, and that you can't forge an independent identity just by standing against them, but also by knowing what you stand for.
We boomers excelled at that, but didn't succeed in sustaining the rebellion because we were too busy fighting against our elders to know what future we wanted to fight for. "Peace, love, and rock & roll" does not an independent future make.
So true! We were good on the pushback but less so on the follow-through. Thanks for such a thoughtful, insightful response.