Are We There Yet? · Section 10

Going Pains

Six stops on the longest road: child to adult, and on toward death. Why does the teenager feel modern when the stage is as old as our species? Cultures mark growing up with rites and languages; the messy middle comes after the ceremony ends; adulthood becomes a verb you perform; the last threshold is met with defiance, calm, ascent or a shrug.

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