Without the intergenerational collaboration, the elder is lonely and the youth are lost. The youth need the elder to pass on her knowledge, but in a way that respects the agency and boundaries of the youth.
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Reunited with new understanding of their roles, the rite is completed, the youth enter a new era and the lineage marches on :) The whole tribe benefits from elders who feel needed and youth who feel supported and prepared to face the world!
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A whole episode on conformity and contrariness! Gordo likes to do what others aren't: he's a nonconfirmist and has some strong words for the "trendoids" who just ride bandwagons
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This term, trendoids, so good
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He gets into Rat Pack tunes and 40s lounge vibes, and it catches on... suddenly he's not so interested. Out of spite, he goes off and takes up as obscure a hobby as he can find. He hates it! But he refuses to have fun at the Rat Pack dance with the herd of trend-followers.
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He learns his lesson: being a non-conformist is about doing what you like without feeling social obligation, not about strictly avoiding doing anything others also like. The shadow of contrarianism: rejection of your own preferences for the sake of being different
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Do what you like!
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Family is about taking care of each other
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In the episode "Educating Ethan" we learn the important distinction between knowing a lot and being an effective educator: the former being only partially necessary and not at all sufficient for the latter to be true
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Lizzie is learning the price of fame: as her local celebrity status increases, the behavior of her friends forms an authenticity gap
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