According to this article, an adult was thought to be when a person "has a job, buys a home, gets married, or has a child." However, now a days things have changed. It is now thought that an adult is someone who actually acts like one. I agree with that statement. Sometimes adolescences get themselves into trouble, most commonly with teen pregnancy. This in no way makes them an adult. What they did was not responsible or well thought through. Adults are people who understand the consequences of actions and acts accordingly. Then, there comes an interesting idea of emerging adulthood. This is defined as the time when a person feels like neither an adolescent or an adult. The "in-between" stage. On the other hand, some believe that it is not emerging adulthood but more of an extended adolescence. The difference being that in the extended adolescence idea, the people are "stalling-off adulthood." In my opinion, I believe the emerging adulthood to be more truthful. I say this because I feel that as a person gets older, they become wiser and more responsible, in that way people naturally emerge into adulthood.
When talking to some people that are in their mid twenties, they do not feel that they should be that old. More often than not, they still feel as though they are a teenager, just with more responsibilities. So I wonder if this is considered to be extended adolescence or whether it is just a stage of growing up.
When talking to some people that are in their mid twenties, they do not feel that they should be that old. More often than not, they still feel as though they are a teenager, just with more responsibilities. So I wonder if this is considered to be extended adolescence or whether it is just a stage of growing up.
This journal is in response to this article: Who is an "Adult?"