Fear is the primary enemy of becoming an adult. Psychological defenses that are limiting, and to some extent dysfunctional, are strengthened and intensified when people become anxious. Yet anxiety ...

I took a lot of classes at college, but never one in how to become an adult. That I had to learn on my own. Apparently, I was born at the wrong time. Several universities, including Michigan State, ...

Research explains. Source: Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay Raising Healthy Children into Hopeful Adults Victor Counted et al. (2025) conducted a cross-national analysis of childhood predictors ...

DEAR ABBY: I will turn 18 in six months. I know I should be happy, but to be completely honest with you, I’m scared to become an adult. I don’t feel I’m ready to grow up and leave my childhood behind.

I took a lot of classes at college, but never one in how to become an adult. That I had to learn on my own. Apparently, I was born at the wrong time. Several universities, including Michigan State, ...