Shall we mourn again on Christmas Eve? Another child violently taken from us.

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52. "The idea that suddenly at 18 you're an adult just doesn't quite ring true,"

"We are becoming much more aware and appreciating development beyond [the age of 18] and I think it's a really good initiative," says Antrobus, who believes we often rush through childhood, wanting our youngsters to achieve key milestones very quickly.

The new guidance is to help ensure that when young people reach the age of 18 they do not fall through the gaps in the health and education system. The change follows developments in our understanding of emotional maturity, hormonal development and particularly brain activity.

"Neuroscience has made these massive advances where we now don't think that things just stop at a certain age, that actually there's evidence of brain development well into early twenties and that actually the time at which things stop is much later than we first thought," says Antrobus.

There are three stages of adolescence - early adolescence from 12-14 years, middle adolescence from 15-17 years and late adolescence from 18 years and over.


http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24173194


Half Of Young Adults Do Not Feel They've Reached Adulthood: Survey

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/31/young-adults-adulthood_n_1724505.html


Sometimes age is just a number.