What makes someone an adult is what was argued in this article. According to Jennifer L. Tanner, the author of this article, Dr. Jeffery Arnett's studies and surveys concluded that an adult is someone who "accepts responsibility, makes independent decisions, and becomes financially independent" (Arnett). She also states that some psychologists suggest that emerging adolescence does not actually exist, and that this period is actually just an extension of late adolescence. Personally, I don't see why it matters what you call it, especially when both sides of the argument agree on what happens in the stage of early adulthood (maturity, stress, waning away from personal fable and imaginary audience complex, etc.).
The author also makes reference to how each stage builds on the previous, and that society has realized how important development is from birth into childhood, but do not treat the transition from childhood to adolescence or adolesence to adulthood the same way, even though they are equally important. I agree with this statement to an extent. I think that pampering babies and raising them to learn to walk and talk is taken more seriously than development later in life, but it is important as one grows up to be given independance and mature on their own through both failure and success. I don't see the need to add more attention to these developmental stages. They are not comparable to one another because they are so different in nature.
References
Who is an "adult?" (2010, March 3). Retrieved March 13, 2015, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/becoming-adult/201003/who-is-adult
The author also makes reference to how each stage builds on the previous, and that society has realized how important development is from birth into childhood, but do not treat the transition from childhood to adolescence or adolesence to adulthood the same way, even though they are equally important. I agree with this statement to an extent. I think that pampering babies and raising them to learn to walk and talk is taken more seriously than development later in life, but it is important as one grows up to be given independance and mature on their own through both failure and success. I don't see the need to add more attention to these developmental stages. They are not comparable to one another because they are so different in nature.
References
Who is an "adult?" (2010, March 3). Retrieved March 13, 2015, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/becoming-adult/201003/who-is-adult