Stereotypes Of Being An Adult

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Do you remember wishing you were an adult when you were little? Always wanting to do everything the “big kids” were doing, What about now? Are you excited to be an adult? The list continues to grow long with the 100 plus questions my parents always ask me about wether or not I am ready to be an adult. Going from childhood to adulthood is one of the biggest changes in your life. No more Parents to constantly remind you of what to and not to do. Most importantly you finally get the freedom you never had before.

Growing up in my community there has always been the stereotypical idea of the “right” way to grow up. I knew that I was apart of that stereotype and I was not a big fan of that. That stereotype was not bad it just was not me, relying on my parents for everything I did because thats what I knew and so did all my peers around me. I hated having that burden on me of always having to ask them for everything I needed, even if some people say thats their job. Even if they did raise me that way, I was ready for a change, I wanted to do things on my own. …show more content…
Some may say being a teenager you should have a job, and that it's not apart of being an adult, its just apart of life. Really thinking about it, working, making your own money, self stability, and the freedom that making your own wage gives you. I earned that money myself, applied to a job, and got hired. My parents were happy that I did this, because I was unusual out of all the rest of my peers. I knew this would be good for me and a good opportunity to show the world that I wasn't a child

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K Corrion, and F d'Arripe-Longueville. "Aging Stereotypes and Active Lifestyle: Personal Correlates of Stereotype Internalization and Relationships with Level of Physical Activity Among Older Adults." Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 15.2 (2014): 198-204 The researchers of this study wanted to better understand the personal correlation (openness to experience and implicit theories of ability) and relationships with internalization of aging stereotypes in the relation to physical activity. For their…

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