212. When Do You Become an Adult?

Who decided that we’re fully mature at 18? Should 16-year-olds have the right to vote? And why are young people bringing their parents to job interviews?

SOURCES:Jeffrey Arnett • , senior research scholar in psychology at Clark University. Julie Beck • , staff writer at The Atlantic • . Grace Icenogle • , confinement prevention administrator in the Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families. Allyson Mackey • , professor of neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania. Trevor Noah • , comedian, writer, and late-night television host. Heejung Park • , professor of psychology at Bryn Mawr College. Lawrence Steinberg • , professor of psychology and neuroscience at Temple University. Jean Twenge • , professor of psychology at San Diego State University.

RESOURCES: • " 1 in 4 Gen Zers Brought a Parent to a Job Interview • ," ( ResumeTemplates.com, • 2024). • " Puberty Starts Earlier Than It Used To. No One Knows Why • ," by Azeen Ghorayshi ( The New York Times, • 2022). • " Early Life Stress Is Associated With Earlier Emergence of Permanent Molars • ," by Cassidy L. McDermott, Katherine Hilton, Anne T. Park, Allyson P. Mackey, et al. ( PNAS, • 2021). • " When Are You Really an Adult? • " by Maria Cramer ( The New York Times, • 2020). • " The Decline in Adult Activities Among U.S. Adolescents, 1976-2016 • ," by Jean M. Twenge and Heejung Park ( Child Development, • 2019). • " Using Developmental Science to Distinguish Adolescents and Adults Under the Law • ," by Laurence Steinberg and Grace Icenogle ( Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, • 2019). Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, • by Trevor Noah (2016). • " When Are You Really an Adult? • " by Julie Beck ( The Atlantic, • 2016). • " Adulthood in Law and Culture • ," by Vivian E. Hamilton ( William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository, • 2016). • " Emerging Adulthood. A Theory of Development From the Late Teens Through the Twenties • ," by Jeffrey Arnett ( American Psychologist, • 2000).

EXTRA: • " Do 'Generations' Mean Anything? • " by No Stupid Questions • (2023).