To ask if you consider 25 a young adult

[User33728]

Or not

It depends on the individual.

I can think of some 25yo still needing Daddy to check their tyre pressures and remind them to reinsure their cars (and pay).

I left home at 18 and by 25 I was working abroad, having bought a home and lived completely independently for 4 years.

I mean not sure you'll accept my answer but I'm 26 (turned 26 last week). And I feel like a young adult. I have two degrees, own my own home thanks to my partner and our parents (he earns 5x my amount but is my age), been with my partner for eight years.

And yet when I finished my MA, to get a job I had to do an apprenticeship. Nobody else would accept me without 3-5 years experience.
So I got my first full time, properly paid job, at age 24. Before that I was offered unpaid or £16,000 a year in London. Nobody else was interested despite the pact I've worked since age 14.

25+ is an adult, but not like it was 30 years ago. The working world beats you down. I applied for over 500 jobs with a MA degree and having worked in pubs, bars, Oasis since I was 14.

They don't care.

I think it depends on how you define young adult.

From memory I believe, in terms of human development throughout our lifespans, 25 is considered young adult.

Early childhood: 0-5 yrs
Middle childhood: 6-12 yrs
Adolescence: 13-19 yrs
Early adult: 20-39 yrs
Middle adult: 40-59 yrs
Late adult: 60+ yrs

I'm very lucky to now be in the role I wanted to be in (ish I'm in tabloid when I wanted to be somewhere worthwhile) I have many many friends who went to uni, worked etc but nobody hires them or they end up as carers etc.

We're sold a lie. What worked for our parents doesn't work for us. And as someone who has managed to get into the industry I wanted to I can tell you that the main thing that matters... connections. Rich. Private school kids will get work exp at the Telegraph, at Apple, at Google, at government, at Vogue, even at Aldi head office because they know people. Kids without those connections are either screwed or have to do what I did.

Earn 14k alongside A Level leavers living London despite having more than one degree.

And I know that because so was put in charge of the work experience people... the only ones who didn't know the big bosses were the ones I created.

I* not so

@Tryingtryingandtrying

No. 25 is an adult. Young adult would be 18 to 24 maybe, poss even 16 to 24

I agree. I view my offspring in their early 20's as young adults. I often point out to my husband that they are still vulnerable and needing gentle support & advice until at least 24/25.

He was quite shocked and had expected 18 to be the age they all would leave as it's what he did in the 1980's.

18 in today's youth seems to be about 14 in my day. They seem wise but unworldly and I'd say still quite vulnerable at 18. Which is odd considering the accessibility of technology and knowledge. It goes to show how much rough grafting builds character.

My daughter asked me in a worried way if she'd have to move out and find her way at 18 after listening to her dad talk about his experiences. I've reassured her.

Not in terms of fiction. ‘Young adult’ is basically adolescent.

Is 25 an adult who is young? Yes, maybe. Some 25 year olds are ‘young’, some are exceptionally mature.

Young adult to me is 18-to-22/23.

25 is midtwenties - that's firmly adult territory.

Why do you ask @User33728?

Looking at the voluntary sections most schemes run for you adults go up to age 25 so by that definition yes. Some ‘young people’ charities support individuals to age 30 too.

Had my first child at age 25 and was quite mature although obviously had alot to learn. Wouldn't think of that age as a young adult though just "adult"

You wouldn't call 25 middle aged so I'm not sure what else you would call it.

No
18-24 is

@MadMadMadamMim

Adult. I was married with a mortgage and two kids at that age. My 25 year old DD is a Staff Nurse in charge of wards. imo it's a little patronising not to consider someone to be fully grown and responsible by that age.

My son in law had served two tours of Afghanistan by 25. Young adult to me has connotations of ooh...barely out their teens. Not really a grown up.

It's not a term that should be still applicable in your mid twenties, surely?

I completely agree with this. I only ever see this attitude where someone's own child is in their mid-late 20s and has got nowhere in life. It's genuinely offensive to be essentially calling someone a child in order to justify the immature behaviour of your own children.

I say yes, 18-25, but it is squarely in the cut off territory.

For this generation I guess it just about is, for my parents' generation where they were both out in full time work at 14 it would have been laughable. I guess it is the flip side of retirement edging towards 70.

There is room for some flexibility, 'youth' events often accept up to an older age (usually 25) for people with a disability.

Traditionally I think by 25 you are supposed to be a fully functioning adult. But it depends on circumstances.

Having said that I only know a small handful of people who have had their shut together by 25

The problem is society doesn't really treat people like adults until they've achieved certain things in life and the average age for these keeps going up.

You're the person who started that bizarre thread about your friend's 25 year old daughter in a psychiatric ward, aren't you?

What on earth is it you're trying to prove about 25 not being young? So weird.

Yes, it is to me when I think of colleagues and friends' children who are that age. But it wasn't young to me when I was 25 because I was married with a baby . It's all relative I suppose.

The brain isn't fully developed until around 25yo, so I would class 18-25 as a young adult.

@SuziQuatrosFatNan

They're all fucking young from over here.

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