# Individualist trends and fads: kids just phoning it in these days? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/individualist-trends-and-fads-kids-just-phoning-it-in-these-days/575631 "2011-03-22T18:14:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 105
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/individualist-trends-and-fads-kids-just-phoning-it-in-these-days/575631/105 "2011-03-28T09:31:28Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > There is no reason, other than real estate agents and developers think and advise clients to think the same. My hope for kids today? That they will see that this is a myth and will go in the opposite direction. > > [/soapboxing hijack] It sounds like you’ve read Susan Susanka’s [_The Not So Big House_](http://www.amazon.com/Not-So-Big-House-Blueprint/dp/1600851509/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301304548&sr=8-1). If not, you ought. It’s your manifesto. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/individualist-trends-and-fads-kids-just-phoning-it-in-these-days/575631)._