Our Roaring 20s: ‘The Defining Decade’

It’s almost that time of year again, when a new crop of 20-something college graduates prepares to take those first steps into the working world.

In her new book, The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter — And How to Make the Most of Them Now, University of Virginia clinical psychologist Meg Jay argues that those first years of adulthood are the most important time in a young person’s life.

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Is 30 Really The New 20?

Psychologist Meg Jay has a message for twenty-somethings: just because marriage, work and kids happen later, doesn’t mean you can’t start planning now. She tells twenty-somethings how they can reclaim adulthood in the defining decade of their lives.

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Avoiding The Post-Millennial Midlife Crisis

There’s been no shortage of articles written about how 20-somethings are struggling to turn the corner into adulthood. But psychologist Meg Jay says it’s not because they lack opportunity; it’s because they lack motivation. She joins host Michel Martin for a special parenting segment to discuss life skills for millennials.

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