Newt Gingrich: Let's End Adolescence - BusinessWeek

"Adolescence was invented in the 19th century to enable middle-class families to keep their children out of sweatshops. But it has degenerated into a process of enforced boredom and age segregation that has produced one of the most destructive social arrangements in human history: consigning 13-year-old males to learning from 15-year-old males."

Seems as if the age/maturity split of the "Peter Pan Syndrome" has become a social norm. Unfortunately, Newt's argument seems to be a modern variation of "the poor working in sweatshops." Take a look and see if you don't agree. (Though his early exit education idea makes tons of sense.)