I found it interesting in this week’s topic how emerging
adult hood is happening later in life than it did a few decades ago. This is
considered the period of time between late teens and mid-to-late 20’s. It was
common in the past for this to be the time where young adults got married and
started having children in the Western culture. That has greatly been replaced
with young adults using this time for identity exploration. Many young adults
are now taking this time to educate, experience different career options, and
gain a view point on the world.
I think that this is a very important time for identity exploration.
I know that I am grateful that I had this time to discover myself and my
career. When I was in my early 20’s I thought that I wanted to become a Real
Estate agent. I later decided that is not what I wanted to do and was able to
go back to school to become a nurse. I am glad that I did this before I had two
children, because then I don’t think it would be possible; finically and time
wise with going to school and working. Even though I see a lot of mothers in their
late teens and early 20’s accomplishing this, I personally don’t think I could.
that's so very interesting that you went back to become a nurse that is a very important time for us to realize what we want to do your completely right the sooner we realize what to do the better.
ReplyDeleteI also found this topic very interesting because I have been just going about life without really paying much attention to how much our culture has changed since I was 18-25yrs old. This reading made me feel very old. Now they call it a "Threshold" time in a persons life, for me it was just the way things were done. I am glad you got to have that time in your life to sort things out and was able to discover fairly early one what your really wanted to do in life. Coming back to school after being out of school for 30yrs, I don't wish that on anyone.
ReplyDeleteI think it's great that emerging adulthood is happening later in life now. I think it's really important that this age group gets a strong sense of identity before committing to marriage and having children. I agree with you about how hard it would be to have children and go to school at the same time. I really respect those that can do it, but like you, I don't think I could, either. My situation is kind of the reverse, I had my kids in my twenties, and was fortunate enough to be a stay-at-home mom for the majority of their childhood, but now that my oldest daughter is 24 and my youngest daughter is 19, I've gone back to school to pursue a career in nursing. Just knowing how much time and energy it took to raise my kids and how much time and energy that I devote to my classes now, confirms the fact that I couldn't have done both at the same time without one of these aspects suffering.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your blog!