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, and what are the other modern markers of adulthood, in work and family life?
Age 18: Legally an adult
The law gives children more rights and responsibilities as they grow up. From as young as eight in Scotland, or ten in the rest of the UK, they can be held responsible for criminal behaviour – although the Scottish Parliament is currently considering raising the age of criminal responsibility to 12 years old.
Teenagers get more rights as they get older – for example, they can begin doing ‘light ...
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