March 29, 2026 — Episode #115
In the final installment of their emerging adulthood series, Jerry and Becky Drace complete their tour through the four cultural revolutions framework introduced the prior week, covering the sexual revolution, the women’s movement, and the youth movement.
They reflect on the campus unrest and sexual liberation of the late 1960s alongside a more hopeful trend they’re seeing today: a renewed wave of spiritual interest and mass decisions for Christ on college campuses, distinct from more widely reported news coverage. Turning to the women’s movement, they note that 58 percent of today’s undergraduates are women, compared to a majority-male student body in 1960, and discuss women’s expanding roles in medicine, law, and other professions. The youth movement segment explores how cultural attitudes have pushed adulthood milestones later, with 30 now functioning culturally like 20 once did. The couple then addresses practical family questions: when it’s appropriate for adult children to move back home, how to set boundaries and timelines around that arrangement, and the importance of teaching budgeting and financial responsibility well before children reach adulthood. They close out the series, thanking listeners for their engagement over the past several weeks, and preview their next series on “middle adulthood,” covering roughly ages 35 to 65. The practical takeaway: preparing children with early financial and relational responsibility eases the eventual transition into independent adulthood.
Topics discussed:
- Concluding the four cultural revolutions framework: sexual revolution, women’s movement, and youth movement
- Shifting gender ratios in college enrollment (58% female undergraduates today versus a male majority in 1960)
- A renewed wave of spiritual interest and decisions for Christ on college campuses
- Setting healthy boundaries when adult children move back home
- Teaching budgeting, banking, and financial responsibility before children become emerging adults
- Deciding when and how to nudge an emerging adult toward greater independence
- Series wrap-up and a preview of the upcoming “Middle Adulthood” series
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