Hookups Starve The Soul

             In Laura Vanderkam's article "Hookups Starve the Soul" she talks about the casual sexual relations that are happening across college campuses today. Through out her argument she gives many pieces of evidence that lead up to her final point which is, over scheduling and placing too many restrictions on your children could one day lead to very promiscuous activities in there teens and young adult hood.
             With that she clearly states that "hooking up" is happening a lot, more then people realize. Her own personal experience as a recent college graduate she states that she has had more dates in the past two months of her life then she had in her whole college career. This doesn't necessarily mean that she was hooking up, as she never clearly says whether she was or wasn't, she gives plenty of evident reasons to believe that it was happening.
             Many people blame alcohol, co-ed dorms, or even sexual revolution, Vanderkam blames none of these aspects but believes the way people were raised is to blame. For example if your childhood was very structured, consisting of athletic practices, school, piano or even dance lessons, along with the many rules your parents make, that you are expected to follow, which limit your personal freedom then when you are finally able to go to college, which this is when most people get there first taste of freedom, you are most likely going to take it for granted and experience everything that you have been held back from your whole life. Compared to a less structured childhood filled with less rules and restrictions and only the activities that you enjoy doing, not what your parents force you to do, then you are more likely to take on your first bit of independence with a little more responsibility and not go completely nuts.
             In Laura Vanderkams "Hookups Starve the Soul" we clearly see that if you do over schedule your children then
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