Essays on Adulthood

Don’t you just love when the whole family is together on a Friday night and you’re watching a movie and everyone is involved in the movie. My family is the opposite, we always try to find the little mistakes that were made in the movie...

When some people think of “adulthood,” they think about somebody independent. They have their own car, they’ve moved out of their parents’ house, and they have a job with a steady income. Then, there are some people who think that you are an adult the...

In the USA, our society typically views adulthood as a person at the legal age of 18 assuming they will take responsibility for their actions, vote, handle money and finances, self govern and wisely make their own decisions. Adulthood is a character point reached by...

I make it a point to trust no one who claim they have it all figured out. I really don’t- and that maybe why it’s a defining part of why I feel like I am somehow not an adult, still, at 25. Instead of that...

It’s common for anyone to undergo numerous major events and experiences through life that can ultimately change a person’s perception or decisions for their future. There are high points like giving birth to a child or getting married, but just as significantly, there are low...

Firstly, Jane is a 45-year-old Singapore born Chinese female who was parentified at a young age of 20-year-old. As her mother was critically ill, she had to quit studying and took on multiple jobs to support her siblings and her father. Furthermore, Jane struggled through...

As time goes by, everything changes and as the world changes, so does the people. Psychology designates human life into few stages as their age gets older. For example, infants become children, children become teenagers, and suddenly a teenager becomes an adult. What exactly is...

Late adulthood is the period of life from the age 60-70 until death, usually starting after middle adulthood. Although later adulthood is the major segment of the life-span, the ideology that humans continue to develop throughout this period has been neglected until the 20th century....

The novel “The Catcher in the Rye” by J. D Salinger says that growing up is a struggle and that you should preserve your childhood as demonstrated by phoniness, conforming in society, and how Holden views the adult world. From the story we learn that...

Middle adulthood is generally referred to as the period between youth and old age; however there are no clear rules to indicate a demarcation. Generally those between 40 to 60 years of age are considered to be middle-aged. The results from a national survey conducted...