General Article Milestones: Journeying into adulthood

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We used to think of getting married and having children as some of life’s most important milestones. How are some of the modern markers of adulthood – from working life to living arrangements – changing?

For many young adults in the UK, their social media pages are full of baby pictures and wedding-day snaps from friends and acquaintances they’ve grown up with. Such events have traditionally been celebrated as the key milestones of early adulthood. When do these life events typically happen, ...

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