You are an adult when people stop caring for you and you start caring for other. There is a transition when people stop caring for you and you care for yoursel

You are an adult when people stop caring for you and you start caring for other. There is a transition when people stop caring for you and you care for yourself but for no one else yet. We call this teens. Call it what you want, it's not really age dependant. We have simply put words on psychological changes and tied them with age. Some people become adults at 12 years old. Other at 40. I've met "adults" that are only tall children and children that are short adults.