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I became an adult the day I started expecting being treated as one. There are many more things that go about adulthood, and I guess the most defining would be

by norswap 10y ago

I became an adult the day I started expecting being treated as one. There are many more things that go about adulthood, and I guess the most defining would be to take responsibility for one's own action. I had taken responsibility already, it just had not occurred to me that I did not need to defer to other people because of age and experience. (Not that it is bad to defer to more experienced people, but it should be a conscious decision.)

agumonkey 10y ago
I think this is what used to be rites of passage. A symbolic timeline for young ones to forget immature behavior, and "believe" in adult behavior, a quick turnaround allowing both sides to adapt. Old respect you, and you respect the old. Instead most "modern" cultures just relies on some cultural market and institutions (like legally defined adult age) which allows drifting for years before finding the inner desire to be seen as an altruistic adult and behaving like one.