A Conversation for Talking Point: When Do You Become an Adult?

Maturity & adulthood

Post 1

Snaf

How about, when you realise bad things happen to good people, and vice versa? That the world is not a fair place, in other words.

This happens at different ages to different people according to what events in their life bring home to them, and is usually followed by a more mature outlook.

Legally, the definition of an adult will differ according to what you need it for. It seems as though it's generally used as the age beyond which a young person no longer needs to be protected by society from certain freedoms, such as the capacity to consume alcohol.


Maturity & adulthood

Post 2

Hypoman

How 'bout:-

- Childhood is when dreams can be confused with reality
- Adulthood is when dreams are recognised to require hard work to make real
- Old age is when dreams are of things and people which are no longer real
- Death is when you don't dream

The categories overlap, but the best characteristics of each are present in all...smiley - tongueout!


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