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    anticipation; whereas many adults tend to constantly reminisce about their childhoods. As a child, the thought is that growing up cannot come soon enough; one cannot appreciate the blissful innocence of childhood until it has passed. The novel, The Catcher in the Rye,

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    In 2009, I decided I wanted to be on birth control, even though I did not fully know my body or complete family history. Soon after, I suffered from a Pulmonary Embolism, a blood clot in my lung. The shortness of breath and severe agonizing chest pains were almost too horrible to bare. My life almost came to a screeching halt. It was then I found out my family suffered from a genetic disorder and my mother realized we needed more open communication. Having open communication with in the family positively

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    the future, that growth with fear or trepidation. We mourn the loss of our “youth” rather than embrace the new changes we are heading toward. These changes we will experience are vast and necessary for each stage of development. As we grow become adults we will experience a variety of psychological changes as we adjust to aging and any changes that will happen to our lifestyle. These changes should not be feared, they simply mark the growth and experience

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    more spontaneously than adults do, which makes them more expressive, on the other hand, adults must sort their thoughts through filters, they become less expressive as they represent who they are trying to be by behaving as they think is appropriate as an adult. Because of this, adults must hold back and process numerous thoughts than children, adding more anxiety and stress to adult lives. Of course, having access to these thoughts can lead to more gratifying life for adults, but life is not as simple

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    innocent. There are two great examples for this. First of all, he says “sex is something I just don’t understand. I swear to God I don’t.” (ch.9 pg.71) This is a great example of the innocence of childhood, on the contrary to the experience of the adult world. Holden, in his adolescence, has no sexual experience, and is quite intimidated when it comes to that topic, which clearly shows the “innocence” of childhood that he still has. This can also be related to the modern world, as people who are still

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    Age of Responsibility. A person shouldn’t be considered an adult at 18. You can’t just pick a certain age and demand or make people who are are that age and consider them an adult. Adulthood shouldn’t have a certain age. Not everybody is the same, we are all different. The age of responsibility cannot be set to one age, we mature and react to things differently at certain ages. In my opinion responsibility has no age but adulthood does. When does responsibility really begin? Or when does maturity

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    countries. In reality, the nest has never been so ordered. Insofar as this is the case, that the possibility to find young adults still living in parental home is increasing globally, moreover the demographic prognosis show the continuity of these trends, according to recent studies. This behavior’s increment has been a modern phenomenon - so-called ‘boomerang kid’ (a young adult who returns after leaving) or ‘failure to launch children’ (the ones who never leaved) - and has fast growing in the last

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    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

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    be an adult? Marker events are exceptional events such as graduation, entering the adult workforce, or marriage that mark the transition from childhood to adulthood (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015). Yet, according to respondents in Arnett’s 2000 survey, marriage and parenthood were no longer markers of adulthood; instead accepting responsibility for ones’ actions and independent decision making are what make an adult (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015). While may theorists do not believe that the adult experience

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    People around the world have a common misconception that young adults experiencing the transformation of puberty are overly dramatic. Making the transition from an undeveloped child to a fully developed young adult can be an extremely confusing and complex time for these young adults and this is shown throughout this poem. Sharon Hamilton describes a metaphor as including “a word or phrase that in literal use designates one kind of thing is applied to a conspicuously different object, concept, or

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