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907: Ages
Another entablement problem
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| 4-12 || “Everything is exciting!” || During this period, children are growing rapidly and learning many things for the first time. Between the newness of their experiences and a general lack of emotional inhibition, children of this age frequently exhibit a level of enthusiasm and excitement about the world which is rarely found in adults. | | 4-12 || “Everything is exciting!” || During this period, children are growing rapidly and learning many things for the first time. Between the newness of their experiences and a general lack of emotional inhibition, children of this age frequently exhibit a level of enthusiasm and excitement about the world which is rarely found in adults. | ||
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| − | | | + | | 3–17 || “Everything sucks!” || As children grow to be teenagers, they frequently have prolonged periods of personal and emotional turmoil. This age range includes the transition from childhood to adulthood, which carries multiple social, personal and biological implications. Many children of this age tend to encounter hard truths of life and lose much of the naivete of youth. This often leads to strongly cynical attitudes about life in general. |
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| 18-22 || “Woooo college! Wooooo-“ [vomit] || This age is typically a young adult's first foray into the freedom of adulthood (frequently in college). With many of the restrictions of childhood removed, but lacking the experience and maturity of someone older, young adults will often take things to excess, including partying and drinking (which accounts for the vomiting). | | 18-22 || “Woooo college! Wooooo-“ [vomit] || This age is typically a young adult's first foray into the freedom of adulthood (frequently in college). With many of the restrictions of childhood removed, but lacking the experience and maturity of someone older, young adults will often take things to excess, including partying and drinking (which accounts for the vomiting). | ||
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| 23-30 || “Relationships are ''hard''!” || Having grown out of the young adult stage, people in their twenties experience their first "adult" relationships, and generally encounter a great deal of difficulty and often no small amount of heartbreak. | | 23-30 || “Relationships are ''hard''!” || Having grown out of the young adult stage, people in their twenties experience their first "adult" relationships, and generally encounter a great deal of difficulty and often no small amount of heartbreak. | ||
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| − | | | + | |31-42 || “So are careers!” || Growing now into their thirties, many people become increasingly concerned about building careers. The more serious one becomes about a serious and long-term vocation, the more complexity they're likely to encounter. |
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| 43-54 || “No daughter of mine is going out dressed like that!” || This is the general age range in which people might be the parents of teenagers. This phrase is a cliche, implying a parent is forbidding their daughter from wearing revealing clothing in public. This sort of interaction represents an older person who is focused on preventing perceived impropriety or danger, and is often thought of as an oppressive killjoy by the younger generation. | | 43-54 || “No daughter of mine is going out dressed like that!” || This is the general age range in which people might be the parents of teenagers. This phrase is a cliche, implying a parent is forbidding their daughter from wearing revealing clothing in public. This sort of interaction represents an older person who is focused on preventing perceived impropriety or danger, and is often thought of as an oppressive killjoy by the younger generation. | ||
