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 ...

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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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.