Let your children take the lead. Become part of their game rather than trying to dictate the play. In pretend play, let your child call the shots, make the rules, and determine the pace of play.

law a person who has attained the age of legal majority (18 years for most purposes) Compare infant

An adult is a person who is fully grown or developed. This could refer to a person’s body being done growing or their mind being fully developed. An adult child is someone’s child who is fully grown, as in Murray’s adult children are all married and have children of their own.

If you think of these children growing into adults who enjoy and appreciate classical music, then that repays our effort.

Embark on a journey of imagination as you assemble this beautiful brick-built model of the world-famous Orient Express.

“Really sweet couple who run the hotel, the room was clean and spacious, I had a kettle, there was a fridge and microwave near the lobby, and numerous shops and restaurants were in the area. The traffic outside of my window wasn't that loud and...”

[13] Girls will go through a growth spurt and gain weight in several areas of their body. Boys will go through similar spurts in growth, though it is usually not in a similar style or time frame. This is due to the natural processes of puberty, but genetics also plays a part in how much weight they gain or how much taller they get.[14]

Surround yourself with playful people. They’ll help loosen you up and are more likely to support your efforts to play and have fun.

This relationship between positive attitudes toward adulthood and feeling like an adult was present in people who were married or unmarried and who had five children or pelo children. This suggests that if people think that adulthood is a positive time of life, they will be more likely to feel like an adult.

At 16, one is able to obtain a driver's permit or license depending on state laws and is able to work most jobs (except AdultList ones requiring heavy machinery) and consent to sexual activity (depending on the state). At 17, one is able to enlist in the armed forces with parental consent although they cannot be deployed to be in combat roles until age 18.

At any moment, someone’s aggravating behavior or our own bad luck can set us off on an emotional spiral that threatens to derail our entire day. Here’s how we can face our triggers with less reactivity so that we can get on with our lives.

To hang on to this old identity with all my might, for many years, was so compelling … why? All I can answer to this is remaining a child, although miserable, is farther away from the agony of aging and death. So the compelling draw is hard to let go of.

/dɪˌzɝː.t̬ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ the process by which land changes into desert, for example because there has been too much farming activity on it or because a lot of trees have been cut down

informal : to behave like an adult : to attend to the ordinary tasks required of a responsible adult Do we really have to adult today?—