Leaving Neverland (Why Little Boys Shouldn't Run Big Corporations): Childhood is meant to a life sta

'An insightful depiction of the dangers we face in having the perpetual 'boys' of this world in positions of power - incomplete men with arrested development. The style, pace, and delightful skewering are reminiscent of Hunter S Thomson!' Rex Finch, Finch Publishing.

Daniel Prokop takes a humorous, satirical swipe at the adolescent society we live in which is gradually sinking under a sea of depression, environmental degradation, corporate, military, and parental domination, and the sea, see? We live in a world where growing up is seen as bad and stupid, something to be avoided at all costs but the consequences of living in Neverland are catching up with us.

In the interests of balanced reporting Peter Pan, leader of the 'Lost Boys' was invited to offer his insults... insights. Whilst delighted with having taken over most of the world, Peter feels that there are still too many functional adults and elders blocking full 'Nevering Up.'

Imagine a world where responsibility isn't a four-letter word times 3 1/2. Try to think of a world where a person's physical maturity is limited to their level of emotional maturity i.e. if you consistently behave like a petulant, spoiled child then your body size never gets bigger than that of a child. Fun, huh? Rites of Passage are our missing link between emotional maturity and physical maturity. They are our way out of Neverland because the difficulty, of course, is that growing up emotionally is much easier said than done. Just shouting "Grow up!" or "Act your age, not your shoe size!" does not work.

The challenge is to rebrand adulthood as something aspirational and recognize that whilst some childish behavior from childhood should have a use-by date, that playfulness, wonder, joy and can be eternally child-like. Fortunately, community-based Rites of Passage offers a life-stage transition solution to the growing-up conundrum. Without Rites of Passage, it is possible to get stuck in the adolescent life stage and some people never escape it.

It is time for us to Leave Neverland for our sake, for our children's sake, ffs (for our future's sake).