When high school students are balancing more than just their coursework, schools need to rethink how to best support them.

Parentified children are made to take on adults' logistical and emotional responsibilities. These can include looking after their siblings or mediating their parents' arguments. A therapist said these ...

Not everyone grows up at the same pace, even though U.S. law holds that you reach adulthood when you turn 18. This is the age where you are treated like an adult in terms of criminal responsibility.

Millions of children worldwide are quietly stepping into adult roles long before they’re ready—carrying the weight of family finances, emotions, and responsibilities meant for their parents. It’s ...

If you identify as an adult child of a dysfunctional or chaotic family, you may have noticed a relentless inner pressure to do everything just right. For some adult children, perfectionism is a ...

4. Family and community responsibility is central Adulthood in Namibia does not primarily center on personal independence, but instead on caring for the wider community. An adult is someone who can ...

Parents often express to me a sense of befuddlement when it comes to their young adult’s hesitancy to take on certain basic grown-up responsibilities. While some measure of financial support is often ...

Jonathan B. Santo does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Selma Uugwanga is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation through an Eccellenza Grant as a PhD student on the Africa Long Life Study at the University of Zurich. She also serves as an ...