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  2. Age of majority - Wikipedia

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    Religions have their own rules as to the age of maturity, when a child is regarded to be an adult, at least for ritual purposes: Islam: Different Islamic fiqh schools have different criteria for adulthood. In general, males are considered adults when they have manifested specific physical attributes such as nocturnal emission and growth of ...

  3. Coming of age - Wikipedia

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    Years later, the quintos of the same year could still hold yearly meals to remember times past. By the end of the 20th century, the rural exodus, the diffusion of city customs and the loss of prestige of military service changed the relevance of quintos parties. In some places, the party included the village girls of the same age, thus becoming ...

  4. Young adult - Wikipedia

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    In medicine and the social sciences, a young adult is generally a person in the years following adolescence, sometimes with some overlap. [1] Definitions and opinions on what qualifies as a young adult vary, with works such as Erik Erikson's stages of human development significantly influencing the definition of the term; generally, the term is often used to refer to adults in approximately ...

  5. Adult - Wikipedia

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    Adult moths and butterflies are easily distinguished from their caterpillars. An adult is an animal that has reached full growth. [1] The biological definition of the word means an animal reaching sexual maturity and thus capable of reproduction. In the human context, the term adult has meanings associated with social and legal concepts.

  6. Emerging adulthood and early adulthood - Wikipedia

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    While emerging adulthood exemplars are found mainly within the middle and upper classes of OECD countries, the stage of development still seems to occur across classes, with the main difference between different ones being length—on average, young people in lower social classes tend to enter adulthood two years before those in upper classes ...

  7. Adolescence - Wikipedia

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    It has been recently found that demographic patterns suggest that the transition to adulthood is now occurring over a longer span of years than was the case during the middle of the 20th century. Accordingly, youth, a period that spans late adolescence and early adulthood, has become a more prominent stage of the life course.

  8. Child development stages - Wikipedia

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    Growth is steady though slower than in first two years. Adult height can be predicted from measurements of height at three years of age; males are approximately 53% of their adult height and females, 57%. Legs grow faster than arms. Circumference of head and chest is equal; head size is in better proportion to the body.

  9. Academic year - Wikipedia

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    The public holiday is observed on the first Monday after February 1, or on a Friday if February 1 falls on Friday meaning schools are closed. Spring Break: Schools close for another week in mid-to-late-February for the spring midterm. St Patrick's Day: Schools are always shut on March 17 as it is a public holiday. If March 17 falls on a weekend ...