Should there be a new Stage of Life Between Late Adolescence and Early Adulthood
ID: 3493570 • Letter: S
Question
Should there be a new Stage of Life Between Late Adolescence and Early Adulthood? Your total response should be at least 250 words, include at least one in-text citation, and should answer each one of the following questions. As you answer this question; be sure to include: Information - e.g., cultural or socioeconomic - about where, how and why this new stage might be helpful Criteria that distinguish this new stage from Adolescence Criteria that distinguish this new stage from Early Adulthood A name for this new stage Similar information about why you do not believe a new stage is helpful or necessary
Explanation / Answer
Should there be a new Stage of Life Between Late Adolescence and Early Adulthood?
Yes, I think there should be a stage between adolescence and early adulthood. Basically, adolescence is defined as a stage that is attained after the child attains puberty unto the age of 18, or whichever is the official age of maturity in the different countries. There requires to be a particular stage that would separate both the stages. This is required since with the changing time, there is a higher prevalence of the fact that children attain puberty at earlier age, as early as 8 years in girls, where the maturation age is 16/18, almost a gap of 10 years. During this time, many girls start looking older, due to early puberty, and don’t really fall in the stage of adolescence, and at the same time they cannot be called as adults. Hence, a middle stage would not only clear this dilemma but also give a separate identity to these individuals, who seem to be lost in between.
There is no separate criteria, but any child who has attained puberty for over 3 years and is not close to the official maturity age, would fall in this category. To create a name, we could call this group of people as unadults. The new stage would be more helpful in analysing the mentality of children in this stage, and maybe a better understanding of their psychology would provide more insight into juvenile delinquency, and help reduce such aberrant behaviours.