What does it mean to be "adult" today? I'm intrigued by this question. Or more accurately, I'm intrigued that we're asking the question. When I was growing up in the late 1970s and early 1980s, "adult ...

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There is a family drama now likely playing in a home near you: It is the clash between the expectations of parents and the realities of their full-grown offspring in becoming, or trying to become, or ...

Emerging adulthood is the stage between being a teenager and fully stepping into adult life, and it’s become more recognised in recent years. It’s that in-between space where people are technically ...

What is adulthood? How many "real" adults are out there? To be truthful, I don't know. I do know biological age has little to do with it. There are very wise children, and very immature 40-somethings.