Get After It

“You are so young, enjoy it!” Who hasn’t heard this occasional, well-intended encouragement from someone older? Peter Pan in Neverland, delayed adulthood, extended adolescence, the vanishing American adult[1], adultolescence[2]… Call it what you want; it is a thing. Unfortunately, this trend is becoming the new normal. We hear evidence straight from “the seat of the scornful” in the new verb adulting. This word is often used in a mocking, derogatory spirit to reference responsible activities...