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the prize for surviving childhood is a lifetime of taxes and choosing your own bedtime.
means The state of being a fully grown person, legally and physically mature, with all the responsibilities and freedoms that come with it.
from A tidy English compound: "adult" plus the suffix "-hood." "Adult" comes from the Latin "adultus," the past participle of "adolescere," meaning "to grow up" — making "adolescent" (one who is still growing) and "adult" (one who has finished growing) literal siblings. The "-hood" tail is the old Germanic "-had," meaning a state or condition, the same ending that gives us childhood, knighthood, and neighborhood.
- brain finish
- Your brain isn't fully wired until age 25.
- legal split
- You can drive years before you can drink.
- freedom paradox
- Total liberty, zero desire to leave home.
- old word
- "Adult" comes from Latin for grown up.
- endless onset
- Most adults still don't feel like one.
legal age of majority — varies by jurisdiction: 18 in most countries, 21 in some us states for alcohol, 16 in some nations for driving
coming of age rituals — bar mitzvah at 13 in judaism, quinceañera at 15 in latin america, walkabout in aboriginal australia