Young adults can take basic but powerful steps to address risk factors that set the stage for heart disease.
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Honor your values, invest in yourself and don’t forget your ‘happy circle.’
The shooters in the Buffalo and Uvalde massacres were both 18, and legally purchased assault rifles. This is fueling calls to raise the age when someone can purchase this weapon from 18 to 21.
Views of the stages of adulthood are stuck in the early 20th century, even though they’ve changed a lot over the past 100 years.
The U.S. was an outlier in the 20th century. It’s been typical throughout human history, and even today, it’s common practice in most of the world.
The holiday used to be all about trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. No more – and it could something to do with the fact that traditional markers of adulthood have changed.
‘Emerging adulthood’ offers a contemporary view of young adults, as perceptions and definitions shift worldwide.
You’re officially an adult, but you may not feel like one. Why’s that so? When will you feel you’re a grown up?
When children in foster care turn 18, they are expected to become independent, autonomous adults, and are discharged from care. The period of transition from care which coincides with early adulthood is…
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