From Teen to Adult: The Journey Beyond the Legal Age of 18
Spoiler: You’re still a kid
You’ve been waiting nearly your whole life to be an adult. You want to embrace the freedom of doing whatever you want, whenever you want to do it, and what you seldom realize is you are still just a kid.
Your illusions are of grandeur: living life on your own, on your own terms, and not having to answer to anyone anymore.
That’s one thing if you’re living on your own, paying your own way in life, and accepting the responsibility that comes along with the respect of being grown.
The truth is that you’re likely still living at home, have no idea what the real world holds, and your parents are likely still paying for most of your expenses.
When this milestone comes, you think you should have all the respect of being an adult — that you don’t have to answer to your parents for anything.
Almost nothing changed overnight.
You’ve shown moments of maturity.
Good on you, that you can come and go as you see fit.
Newsflash: You’re still a kid.
