![]() ![]() We’re learning that, just as successful childhood involves developmental tasks like independence and individuation, successful adulthood appears to involve six developmental stages. Science now tells us that adulthood contains its own developmental stages.Īdult development as a subject for scientific study is a very new field, and the research is intriguing. Parents were now able to anticipate the stages, and work better with their kids to help them become max functional adults. It was only with the arrival of pediatrics that childhood was understood to have distinct and necessary stages. How could I be identical to my 30-something kids? Haven’t I moved further along in my development? Aren’t those miles worth something?Ī hundred years ago, children were considered miniature adults. I have always doubted that “adulthood” is one amorphous blob of a stage. ![]()
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