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> Among those aged 25 to 44, a group we call “early adults" A 40 year old is federally protected from age discrimination (for being too old) and can have child
by jerlam 1y ago
> Among those aged 25 to 44, a group we call “early adults"
A 40 year old is federally protected from age discrimination (for being too old) and can have children which are legally adults. No one is calling this age group "early adults".
- helpfulfrond 1y agoThe "we" in the article does not include you - it refers to the authors who are mortality researchers and looking to differentiate between different groups of adults.
- ompogUe 1y agoI discriminate adulthood 2 ways: "legal"/"federally protected" adulthood - 21 - can vote, drink, etc. "biological" adulthood - brain is not fully developed until ~25, and takes a few years to "activate/realize" those "powers", so ~30 for "actual, mature" adult processes to start taking place. ~40 seems appropriate within that as an outer boundary of "early" adulthood.
- llbbdd 1y agoIt's an aside but age 25 being full development of the brain is a pop science myth