Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know?
You know the old saying “it’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey?” Well, it turns out that it’s true of the transition from childhood to adulthood, as well.
In many religious traditions, thirteen is the age when a person transitions from being a child into taking on more responsibilities and being thought of like an adult.
Obviously, nowadays it’s more of a ceremonial thing rather than anyone’s parents actually believing their new teenager is ready to take on the world alone, but it does beg the question…when exactly do we become adults?
It seems as if, with stagnating wages and the skyrocketing costs of college, the age where we begin to feel independent from our parents continues to nudge higher and higher – and now science is backing…
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