Growing Up
Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional. Does growing up require the acceptance of
limitations? What are limitations? Why are we expected to grow up or act as a grown person? Have
adults always been expected to act this way? Moreover, how many adults actually do act as expected?
The dictionary defines limitations as: 1. The act of limiting or the state of being limited. 2. A
restriction. 3. Law. A limited period during which, by statute, an action may be brought. So the question;
does growing up require the acceptance of limitations? Is asking if growing up means there are more
restrictions. In many ways, it does your expected to take responsibility for your own actions. You are
expected to make good decisions, to set a good example for children, and to be a law abiding citizen. It
does not start all at one time, but usually by the age of 18, you are expected to do all of these. Moreover, if
you do not act this way, people do not enjoy being around you. Why are we expected to act this way?
Well mostly because society has made it that way.
Some people always act less grown up than others do. Personally, I know two or three
that live the motto I mentioned in the introduction, growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional. The
youngest is in his mid 40's and the oldest is 54. Chuck, who is the oldest at 54, is the biggest kid of us all.
He has a license plate cover that says, "I refuse to grow up." He does not have any kids, so in a way he can
get away with his actions more than the others can. You might ask why? Well because Chuck does not
have to watch out for his kids and be as careful of what he is doing. Mike and Wayne, the other two , both have kids and have to set a good example for them. So as you can see, if you have kids, you
have to be more grown up than if you do not.
No two persons are the same, so it would be hard to determine how many adults actually do act as
expected or grown up.
tries to act like an adult, but is unable to accept the fact he is
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This story demonstrates that growing up is a necessary and frustrating task. However, people must handle anything that life throws at them with wisdom beyond their years. The aging curse prevents people from staying young and innocent, instead forcing them to enter adulthood and tackle the challenges facing them.
Strict constitution is a legal philosophy of judicial interpretation in which the original intent of the constitution holds that the Constitution means exactly what it says. Strict means limited government and mostly the governments are limited by the statues or formal written enactments. Statutes command or prohibit something, or declare policy that are laws made by legislative bodies and distinguished from case law which is decided by courts, and regulations issued by government agencies.
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How can a word our society uses so much have such a loose definition. Teacher’s and parents refer to their children as mature or immature. But maybe one teacher’s definition of maturity is the child, —or adult, can press on while a fellow student is in trouble, to ensure he himself does well. While another’s definition is that the child expressed maturity for stopping and helping the other child in his decisions to avoid trouble. A common idea is that to show maturity one must weigh out all the possible outcomes and then ...
In conclusion, the growing up or the two stages in life are governed totally by a series of situations, parenting, and events that affect the outcome of how the individuals will handle the changes in life. Using human intellect and determining aspects that are normal, life will be lived and a good balanced person in society will be achieved. Because every person is different and an individual, the outcome in everyone will be different. Mature people may encounter different levels of stressful situations or circumstances than younger adults. They are more practical in coping with stress and have a greater acceptance of some things in life that cannot be altered or improved, and, can easily adapt to changes that will occur in life.
Have you ever thought about how hard growing up is? Coming of age can mean many different things for different people but it mostly means growing up. Everyone has their own meaning, it’s different for each family, culture, etc. For example, for some people coming of age means to be able to drive, for others its graduating high school. In addition to coming of age comes responsibility, privileges, consequences, and many others. Coming of age can change your perception of life because of the things that come along with it but just because you can do more things that you weren’t able to do before doesn’t mean that you should just be focusing on this new part of your life.
Of course everyone has to grow up at some point, it’s part of life, but people like Piaget has labeled even the stages of growing up that is unfortunately bound to happen to everyone. There are four parts of Piaget’s Cognitive Development. It begins with sensorimotor, goes to preoperational, concrete operational and then finally, formal operational. (45). Through these stages there are ages that he estimates that most people to through, but they are not exact and they are also not an exact itinerary that everyone goes through. (44). In the first stage, which is sensorimotor. This stage of Piaget represents when the child, often newborn to young toddler, is leaning their senses such as hearing, touching, tasting, smelling, and seeing. The children in this stage eventually will also learn their object permanence, which is realizing that an object still exists even if it’s not in sight and they also begin to develop goal-directed actions, which is exactly what it sounds like. (44*45). Goal-directed actions are when children intentionally do something to achieve what they were trying to do in the first place. (44-45). The second stage of Piaget’s stages is preoperational. This stage is supposed to start when a child begins to talk until the age of around seven and during this stage the children are starting to understand what certain objects are used for and they are also somewhat egocentric which is when
Limitations of public policies are a set of factors that distort public policy to resolve socio-economic and political problemes faced by the society.