which your parents may one weak another will excel, and as a result you will gain more.Sara: …well, what do you do for fun them?Beth: Everything we do is fun, or at least enjoyable. I guess you are more interested in traditional fun. We see movies, and we play games, and sometimes we have dances.Sara: Do teenagers date?Beth: Well, yes and no. Sara: Which is it yes or no?Beth: Have you ever had a boyfriend?Sara: Yes.Beth: Did you love him?Sara: I believe I did.Beth: At anytime could you see yourself marrying him?Sara: At some point later on in life.Beth: Why did you feel you needed to wait?Sara: There were plenty of reasons, I wanted to finish school, I didn’t feel like I was ready to have kids yet, and we wouldn’t be able to support ourselves.Beth: Do you see that couple over there with the baby…Sara: They look younger than us, don’t tell me that’s their baby.Beth: It is, and they have been married for a year. You see all of the reasons that you gave are not valid at Walden Two. The young couple has no trouble supporting themselves. Children are raised in the same manner regardless of the age of their parents. They earn their part in the community and are equal to all generations before them. Sara: Yet they are so young, how can they be ready?Beth: I presume you are only referring to their emotional “readiness”? Sara: Well yes, I suppose that is what I mean.Beth: In your society young love is looked upon as immature and not serious. That is wrong. The intense love that is felt when people are young, is the most intense love they will ever feel in their lives. We see no logical reason to delay what is natural.Sara: Could you imagine having a baby so young? Beth: Of course I can I am engaged and I my wedding is being planned as we speak.Sara: Why, now though? Beth: Why not?Sara: Don’t you want to live your life, explore new places, travel the world and have some adventures.Bet...
