Adult

associated with older adults is a growing area of concern. In the next 10 years, the entire baby boomer generation will cross into the older adult age group. This development is likely to highlight the already disproportionately higher rate of suicidal ideation and completion among older adults. Sawyer and Williams (2012) have conducted research to address this issue and to provide counselors with information for developing a comprehensive approach for working with older adults at risk of…

irresponsibility and immaturity. This is a reason why the question “When do kids become adults?” is a very debatable topic among people today. People argue over the ages for driving, voting, drinking, etc. The legal age of adulthood is currently 18 years old. This age of consent should remain the same because 18 years old is a fit age for adulthood. There lies a great deal of rationality as to why 18 years old is when kids become adults. For instance, brain studies have shown that the majority…

Unit 7: Occupational Engagement of the Adult Adulthood represents a time of increased independence and a decline in supervision and structure that is prominent in adolescents and childhood. The exact definition of what makes someone an adult is unclear; however, social characterization, changes in occupational engagement and a shift in roles explain the emergence of adulthood. Cronin and Mandich (2016) define the typical age span associated with early adulthood as 21 to 34 years of age. This age…

The idea that teens should or should not be tried as adults, if they commit a felony has “stirred much opposition and controversy” over the years (Estudillo 3). A couple years ago, a 15 year old girl from Plymouth, Michigan was convicted because she and her boyfriend had plotted to kill her family so she could run away with her 23 year old, at the time, boyfriend. Roksana Sikorski, slit her brother’s throat and he woke their parents and their younger sister up with his screams. Michael Riveria…

Becoming an adult does not require a specific event or situation to occur, it happens when we allow our heart and mind to open. During the events involving Uncle Frank, David himself began to process the situation. This was not only a chance for David to find out what had happened, but a chance for him to grow into an adult. He would have to learn that as an adult there are steps we still have to take and lesson we still need to learn. David was right on the edge of adulthood. He still wanted to…

Adult Developmental Perspectives and How They Impact Personal Adult Development Examining adult development is a vital process in which adult educators can become more knowledgeable and better equipped to handle the necessities of the adult learner. There is much research and many perspectives on how adults develop. As adult educators explore these perspectives they not only gain an enriched perspective on how they personally developed, they are afforded an even greater opportunity in…

Really an Adult?” she uses a series of true life accounts to attempt to define when a person becomes an adult and what defines adulthood. She begins with the real life example of Henry David Thoreau and catches the attention of the reader by leading them down the path that she is talking about a current day young man. However, when she reveals she is talking of a young man of years past it is obvious that many different generations struggle with the definition and thought of being an adult.…

As a hopeful, speech pathologist, if I was to reflect back on the lifespan that I would feel most challenging in the health system, it would have to be older adulthood. Older adult hood would be difficult to work with as there are a range of issues that may arise or they already are dealing with, that could impact the care in which they accept or receive. This lifespan also has had more life experiences and therefore they may see the treatment that they are going to get as not right or they…

“Reading Pop Culture and Young Adult Literature Through the Youth Lens” from the January 2015 edition of The English Journal discusses a professor’s implementation of a curriculum for teacher candidates that encourages future teachers to identify and consider the portrayal of societal constructions of adolescence in various texts. Through biological, psychology and pop-culture perspectives, teacher-candidates learn to question the dominant narratives of adolescence and see future students on an…

someone an adult? The answer that most people give is at the age of 18. In my opinion, i think a person should be an adult when they are mature enough to act like an adult. When teenagers turn eighteen they automatically think that they are adults. I would consider them adults, when they know how to make the right decisions in their life, and they are capable of having their own family and providing for them. Although, they are supposed to be the ones that will have to consider themselves…