My Transition To Adulthood

As a person lives life, they grow. In this particular development, they start to understand and see the world in a different way. These stages of maturing in life can be simply broken up into two groups; adulthood and childhood. Children tend to worry mostly about themselves, but they, in time, learn how to consider others feelings and views when performing an action. Typically, adults are almost completely controlled by thoughts and feelings of the world around them. The stages a person goes through during this "growing up" time are necessary for a person to mature "correctly". As Sally states, "a child is an apprentice to freedom, that is, the child is guided through the development of his or her freedom until he or she is ready to assume it in adolescence and adulthood" (Scholz 395) Most children think it would be better to skip childhood and go straight to adulthood, but what they don 't know is, that it 's important for them to be a child before they become an adult. It 's funny because the way a person lives in these changes of life are completely different, but can strangely be very similar. These differences and similarities can be seen in an individual 's innocence, their experience, and their imagination.

through 12 hours of stress while simultaneously getting berated by my family in a country that is

The transition from an adolescent to an emerging adult can be difficult and often includes many challenges and changes. Some of these changes include emotional, physical, cognitive and social variations to one’s body, intellect, and maturity level and friend group. For numerous teens going through the process of puberty is a confusing emotionally charged time for self-exploration and an opportunity to push boundaries. Each adolescent’s experiences are unique to their own situations and anatomical anatomy.

The life stage that I was assigned was young adulthood. Young adulthood is the life stage immediately following adolescence, beginning at age twenty and ending at age forty. Since these stages are so close together, the beginning of young adulthood can blend with the end of adolescence. However, the most prominent change is the shift from struggling to find out where you fit in as an adolescent to finding out who you are as an individual, apart from your parents, as a young adult.

Many individuals go through a lot of developing steps when going from a child to an adult. I have had a lot of rewarding experiences and non-rewarding while growing into the adult I am today. There have been a lot of obstacles that came into my path, but I have overcome each one of them. The process of becoming an adult has two main stages: adolescence and early adulthood. I am thankful for how I have grown throughout my years of transforming into an adult. As a young child I would had a lot exercise and physical movement to gain my strength and developmental skills. Berger (2011) states, “Children of all age’s needs physical activity to develop muscle strength and control” (p.270).

The year twenty-one marks the beginning of many new and adventurous milestones. For young people who transition into adulthood, twenty-one means finally being of the “real” legal age. Unlike being 18, 21-year olds have an abundance of responsibilities to themselves as they try to understand and develop their sense of self and self worth, but also the obligations they have being a member of a larger community. I am proud of my daughter who has recently talked to me about her depression that she has been silently suffering from for over 10 years and her struggles with self-harm. Since she’s coming up on her 21st birthday in September, she wanted to express some things that has tormented her since early childhood.

The process of moving from childhood to adulthood is often confusing and frightening. Without a role model, girls and boys who enter adulthood unprepared often flounder in uncertainty; so, they seek outlets that will distract them and guidance from people they feel will listen. In American Beauty, the viewers are confronted with a young woman named Jane and her relationship with her parents, which is flimsy at best. Her mother does not know or refuses to acknowledge their lack of a relationship and her father admits there is no relationship but does nothing to change this, leaving her to discover adulthood without them. In Wildlife, Joe is thrown into a volatile situation after his father moves their family to a new town and then runs off

In Hindu culture, the sex of a baby is more significant than in western cultures. In eastern countries, boys are revered and cherished while girls are considered “curses” since being born a girl brought to the father the burden of paying a dowry. This type of gender hierarchy is exemplified in Mukherjee’s novel by Jasmine’s statement, “I had a ruby-red choker of a bruise around my neck and a sapphire fingerprints on my collarbone after my birth. When I revealed this to Taylor’s wife, […] she missed the point and shrieked at my ‘foremothers’ […]. My mother was a sniper. She wanted to spare me the pain of a dowryless bride” (Mukherjee 40). Mukherjee utilizes Jasmine’s nonchalant description of her near death experience coupled with her rationalization to show that the brutal treatment of baby girls is a common occurrence in her culture. Conversely, the reaction of Taylor’s wife is a metaphor for the western perception that the conduct of Jasmine’s mother is a form of barbarism. By using Jasmine’s birth, Mukherjee exposes the realties of a male patriarchal society in which girls bring considered dilemmas to families.

India has a rich and diversified culture filled with colourful folk lore, gracious people, a delightful profusion of regional cuisines and breathtaking natural wonders. And yet, as shocking as it may seem to the more advanced cultures of the world, the archaic system of dowry, female foeticide is alive and thriving in contemporary India. Shobhan Bantwal, an Indian American novelist mainly deals with certain elements of contemporary Indian

About five years ago in an Indian village, three girls would be married at sundown. Their names, Radha, Gora and Rajani. This marriage like so many others like them is illegal, see Radha and Gora are 15 and 13, but Rajani is 5. Cynthia Gorney a reporter for the National Geographic reported the events of the day stating the two older ones where able to understand that they would be wed within hours but sweet little Rajani was to young to fully understand. Later she describes the impulse to save the children from this tragic night and runs the scenarios of her rescue in her head. Sadly this story is not surprising or shocking many women because this story holds traits of their wedding day (Gorney). According to Girls Not Brides, ”Each year, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18. That is 28 girls every minute”(About).

It was just the other day that I learned that some of my childhood experiences are partly if not solely, responsible for my current disposition as a young adult. In fact, it would be a daunting task to single out an experience that has been profound to me. That is not to say that my childhood was without its fair share of downs. As a matter of fact, my younger years were characterized by a series of events that seemed to have worked out simultaneously towards almost shaping my future. Some of them were positive while others were devastating. Unfortunately, the negative encounters appear to take the better part of my memory. Well, I do not regard myself as a pessimist, but I have come to discover that often, dark events cloud the lighter ones. And since life is a process, as opposed to an event, I will make a recollection of some of the happenings that marked my childhood; experiences which, albeit negative, shaped the person I am today.

The decade of 70s (1970-1980) witnessed and heard the quest for identity and the cry for equality from women folk all over the world. Many years have gone by, after the International year for women and an examination is needed as to know whether the call for women’s liberation and their cry for equality, and the removal of gender bias had been a bang in getting proper reforms or did they die down as whimper, particularly in a traditional society like ours? In today’s India, girls are obviously no more nutritionally deprived at the time of birth than boys are, but this situation changes as society’s unequal treatment takes over from nature’s non discrimination. Often enough, the difference may particularly arise from the neglect of healthcare of girls compared to what boys get. In India many children are born clinically under-weight. The neglect of care of the girl child and of women in general and the

Moreover, the girls after hitting the stage of puberty are believed to be baby makers, where the only work they have is in the house, raising their child and do various household chores. The two major factors by which puberty affects well-being are self-perception and peer association. It is also seen that the girls suffer a lot because of lack of infrastructure- like proper functioning of toilets and disposals. However, the preference to a male child is mainly because they will act as a source of support to their family in the near future. There is a patriarchal thinking that the daughters will get married one day, after which they will be someone else’s., after which there will be no one to look after her family whereas boys, even after getting married, will continue to be a support for his family in the future. Because of a girl’s less earning potential and increased expectation towards domesticity, the families consider the educational cost (monetary and psychological) to be a waste, where the economic benefit is not apparent to most of the families. Moreover the girls’ ‘safety’ is also a major concern for the Indians families. It is also observed that girl’s education in rural households and in many lower-middle classes can lead to excessive

In this modern India one comes across certain intelligent and courageous girls who raise their voices against the patriarchal norms. Such girls fight their battles on their own to change their destiny. They not only transform their lives, but are helpful in transforming others’ lives also. They contribute actively in the national development too. These are the girls who celebrate their journey from victimized to liberated and individual selves.

The home of the tallest mountain, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha and the only country without a square flag is where I come from also know as Nepal. I was born at Koshi Hospital in an urban area in Biratnagar, Nepal on July 08, 1997. During the 1990’s Nepal was in Demographic Transition Stage 2 also known as Agriculture Revolution.The Birth rate is still high and so is the Infant Mortality rate but the Death rate began to fall because, in this time period, folks aren’t moving around anymore instead they take care of the crops and live in the houses with a stable source of food. The average fertility in Stage 2 is over 5 but this model doesn’t fit our family because I don’t have any siblings and am an only child. My parents faced many difficulties and went through many hardships growing in a big family , so my parents wanted to have only one child but maybe they would have had more kids if they continued farming and living in the rural areas of Nepal but because both of my grandparents sent both of my parents to school to get an education which I I believe impacted on their decision on how many kids they wanted. It was specially rare to see girls attending school and getting education during this time because girls were taught how to cook and clean rather than being sent to school because child marriage was very common and girls were prepared at a young age to become a good housewife but my grandparents were very supportive of my mother when she asked to attend school which