From the category archives:

Adulthood and Growing Up

Spontaneity and the Cool Factor. Or, Can I Go to Bed Early and Still Be Hip?

April 11, 2011

I think almost every young person secretly fears that marriage and kids will make them boring because then they’ll always want to go home early to take care of their overworked spouses and read the kids their bedtime stories before hitting the sack. How utterly uncool.

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My Tussle With Adulthood

September 27, 2010

In my first post on the delay of adulthood, I’m worried that I came across as suggesting young people ought to grow up . . . in order to be more like me. I’m afraid I gave the impression that I have my act together — seeing as I have completed school, I’m (sort of) [...]

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Rethinking Adulthood

September 14, 2010

In my last post, I reflected on a recent New York Times article that explored the reasons behind the delay of adulthood among today’s twenty-somethings. I suggested that young people ought to be encouraged to grow up sooner rather than later. I got an email from my younger brother a day or two later, concerned [...]

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Do 20-Somethings Need to Grow Up?

September 8, 2010

In response to a New York Times article exploring how 20-somethings are taking longer to grow up, I consider the question of whether we ought to encourage this uncommitted meandering or rethink our ideas of adulthood.

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