Adulthood

Adulthood
Entering Matrimony - Typical marrying age has increased in industrialized countries

Entering Matrimony - Typical marrying age has increased in industrialized countries

Emotional Intelligence (EI)

Emotional Intelligence (EI)

Women’s transitions tend to take longer - Women may face different psychological and environmental constraints in forming lif

Women’s transitions tend to take longer - Women may face different psychological and environmental constraints in forming life structures than men do.

Physical and Psychological Development

Physical and Psychological Development

Social Responsibility

Financial Autonomy

Acquiring the ability of formal operational thinking

Career Objectives

Form supportive relationships - networking

Autonomous choice in beliefs and values

Four revolutions of the 1960s and ‘70s - Why it Takes Long to Become an Adult Today

Four revolutions of the 1960s and ‘70s - Why it Takes Long to Become an Adult Today

The Technology Revolution changed the economy and led to more education for longer than ever before.

The Technology Revolution changed the economy and led to more education for longer than ever before.

The Sexual Revolution that made it possible to have a sex life without marriage.

The Sexual Revolution that made it possible to have a sex life without marriage.

The Women’s Movement that gave women an incentive to postpone marriage to pursue a career.

The Women’s Movement that gave women an incentive to postpone marriage to pursue a career.

The Youth Movement, which gave adulthood a bad name.

The Youth Movement, which gave adulthood a bad name.

The speaker coined the term "emerging adulthood" and how it is just a phenomenon that our out-dated economic system forces us into.

Completing an Education

Completing an Education

Best way to prepare for career is through post-secondary education for adults.

Best way to prepare for career is through post-secondary education for adults.

With today's competitive workplaces, the issue of delayed adulthood can present obstacles as they bring an adventurous sort of mindset with them.

Infertility

Infertility

Inability to conceive children in adulthood may bring upon social and cultural consequences on social relationships.

Inability to conceive children in adulthood may bring upon social and cultural consequences on social relationships.

Spiritual Transition in Adulthood

Spiritual Transition in Adulthood

Adults go through this unsettled stage of changing their lives to be in tune with their divinity.

Adults go through this unsettled stage of changing their lives to be in tune with their divinity.

New levels of emotional and spiritual maturation may naturally arise.

New levels of emotional and spiritual maturation may naturally arise.

Importance of Education

Importance of Education

Canadians believe that providing opportunities to young adults to get a good education will contribute to economic stability.

Adults who are unmarried in their mid-twenties in Egypt are often a victim of stigma.

Employment Rates and Income

Employment Rates and Income

High unemployment rates for post-secondary graduates poses serious concern.