Much more is asked of teens today than in the past. Here's the case for expanding the age of adolescence through 25.
Billy Joel at Age 25 , originally an afterthought when it was released in 1975 , has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years and is, at the time of this writing, his fourth most played song on Spotify. Though the reason for the song's newfound popularity is unclear, I suspect it may be because the song's main message—don't be in a rush to grow up—is the perfect tonic for today's adolescents, in a world pushing them to mature faster and faster.
As a psychologist who was trained in a university counseling center and works primarily with young adults—undergraduate and graduate students in their teens and 20s—as well as a parent of an adolescent son and daughter, the songhits home. I'm a witness to the many ways our children are pushed to grow up too quickly, sacrificing much-needed refinement and development in the process.
More than ever before, careers that are likely to yield a healthy, happy, middle-class lifestyle require a graduate degree and staying in school until the mid-20s.
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