I actually strongly relate to and agree with this. Despite all the "adult stuff" I may (or may not) have been doing when I was 18/19 years old, and all the pretty hefty amounts of responsibility I've been given between then and now (frankly I still question some of those decisions haha)... I really feel my greatest period of growth has been approximately the last 3 years or so.

I just turned 31, and obviously it's very different for everyone. I actually think I was a bit late in having all the facets of my emotional intelligence catch up to each other, but anyway haha...

My point is that even at 23, I felt not at all like an adult. But I acknowledged that. I understand that even three decades ago that was not so common the case. But since thirteen year olds ARE so eager to date at this point, and five year olds are wearing high heels and eight year olds are talking about "skanks on the corner"... we are missing out on a lot of crucial years of self discovery and exploration and learning to be autonomous and such... So we back track in the second half of our twenties or early thirties now.

Or some don't at all.

Ah... off topic.
Skirting the topic.

Ok, but it's important. I know everyone loves the tangent monster...
It's totally relevant.

(For serious I'll stop n o w)