The Transition to Adulthood

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Adulthood

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Employment Rates and Income

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Importance of Education

Canadians believe that providing opportunities to young adults to get a good education will contribute to economic stability.

Spiritual Transition in Adulthood

New levels of emotional and spiritual maturation may naturally arise.

Adults go through this unsettled stage of changing their lives to be in tune with their divinity.

Infertility

Inability to conceive children in adulthood may bring upon social and cultural consequences on social relationships.

With today's competitive workplaces, the issue of delayed adulthood can present obstacles as they bring an adventurous sort of mindset with them.

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Completing an Education

Best way to prepare for career is through post-secondary education for adults.

The speaker coined the term "emerging adulthood" and how it is just a phenomenon that our out-dated economic system forces us into.

Four revolutions of the 1960s and ‘70s - Why it Takes Long to Become an Adult Today

The Youth Movement, which gave adulthood a bad name.

The Women’s Movement that gave women an incentive to postpone marriage to pursue a career.

The Sexual Revolution that made it possible to have a sex life without marriage.

The Technology Revolution changed the economy and led to more education for longer than ever before.

Physical and Psychological Development

Autonomous choice in beliefs and values

Form supportive relationships - networking

Career Objectives

Acquiring the ability of formal operational thinking

Financial Autonomy

Social Responsibility

Emotional Intelligence (EI)

Women’s transitions tend to take longer - Women may face different psychological and environmental constraints in forming life structures than men do.

Entering Matrimony - Typical marrying age has increased in industrialized countries