Self-deluding parents are often heard to say that children grow up very quickly these days. Consider what the markers are for growing up: Leaving home, getting a job to support yourself, getting married and having children. Fifty years ago many people would have achieved these by their mid-20s. Nowadays, of course, people are marrying later, having children later, and relying on their families to support them for longer.
"...young people...now are more attached to their parents than ever before...sizable costs associated with childrearing now occur between 18 and 34, in both money and time, and that these percentages have increased dramatically in the last 30 years."
→ Research on the changing nature of early adulthood.
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