However painful the process of leaving home, for parents an… - Robert Neelly Bellah

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However painful the process of leaving home, for parents and for children, the really frightening thing for both would be the prospect of the child never leaving home.

Robert Neelly Bellah

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Robert Neelly Bellah (February 23, 1927 – July 30, 2013) was an American sociologist, now the Elliott Professor of Sociology, Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Alternative Names: Robert N. Bellah • Robert Bellah

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The family is in flux, and signs of trouble are widespread. Expectations remain high. But realities are disturbing.

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Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves.

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