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I suspect that what Britten is known for most of all is A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; but perhaps music for children does not count for much in dictionaries for grown-ups.
Parents need to deal with teen-agers' troubles personally--which means, paradoxically, taking them less personally; this isn't about the collective guilt of grown-ups, but about the prospects of individual kids.
A Courtney who told Premiere this fall: "The welcome that I get from grown-ups in the film industry is so nice.
He catches Abbie Hoffman acting out for the camera--tongue protruding, middle finger in the air, "fuck" emblazoned on his forehead--but when you look at Hoffman's eyes you see no joy, no mirth, no childish glee at pissing off the grown-ups.
Do you know the saying, "We're all grown-ups here?"