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Just who is a "young adult"?
Common sense says it starts with legal adulthood at age 18. But elements of our society have unofficially declared that the onset of adulthood matches the onset of puberty at the very grown-up age of 12. Which is one of the reasons why parents often seem uncertain about how to parent during the critical teen years.
I've come to believe that the term was designed to diminish parental influence during the years when our growing children need the most direction. It's a subtle way of telling us that we should relinquish our...
Kids as "young adults"
The Catholic faith also has a means of entering adulthood at about 13 or so (depends on the diocese). The Sacrament of Confirmation is when we choose whether or not to accept our faith as full adults. What's significant is that you have to have an adult...