The traditional benchmarks by which we once defined adulthood have changed dramatically in the past two decades. Events linked to maturity—completing education, living outside the family home, ...

Emerging adulthood is the stage between being a teenager and fully stepping into adult life, and it’s become more recognised in recent years. It’s that in-between space where people are technically ...

Emerging adult children and their parents can experience growing pains as they navigate a changing relationship. AJ_Watt/E+ via Getty Images As a professor of child development and family science, ...

For many emerging adults, graduating high school and/or starting college is the first time in life in which seemingly all aspects of life can change. Moving out of the home, finding new friends, ...

The division of life into a series of ages or stages can be found in philosophy as far back as Aristotle and in the arts dating to Shakespeare's As You Like It. In the monologue known as "All the ...

Many teenagers enter adulthood with significant risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and the transition from adolescence to adulthood is a key time to address these risk factors and reduce the ...

Brad is 21, lives with his fiance in a middle-class suburb, takes online college business classes and works for a national machinery company. He attends an evangelical church. He believes in most of ...

Entering your 20s or the "emerging adulthood" phase of life can be overwhelming and stressful. Entering your 20s or the "emerging adulthood" phase of life can be overwhelming and stressful. New ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted my final year of high school and I moved away from my parents, I’ve lived in four different cities over the past three years. Throughout this restless migration, ...

Many youth have heart disease risk factors by their late teens, and preventing or addressing these risks early may reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease in the future, according to a ...

As the prevalence of cardiovascular disease rises in young adults, clinicians need to shift their focus toward more intentional prevention efforts in those emerging from adolescence, according to a ...