{"id":341773,"date":"2015-03-26T17:20:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T09:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/readybeing-adult-lifelong-changing-state-341773.html"},"modified":"2015-03-26T17:20:36","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T09:20:36","slug":"readybeing-adult-lifelong-changing-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/lifelove-hk\/decoding-hk\/readybeing-adult-lifelong-changing-state-341773.html","title":{"rendered":"Growing up: What does it mean to be an adult?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Is being an adult a condition, a status or a feeling?<\/span> <\/h2>

Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Fanget:<\/strong> It is a lifelong changing state. We can feel like an adult one day, and like a child the next; mature in certain circumstances, but infantile in others. We can embody the adult professionally and be immature effectively. It is, as if we walked by zig-zagging on a wide path. The most important thing is to move up in a conscious mode.<\/p>

How does this transition arise?<\/span> <\/h2>

We live it. We appropriate it by acts or outside events imposed on us, such as childbirth or the death of a relative. Being an adult means being able to adapt. For example, refusing to visit our mother<\/a> at the retirement home is a sign of immaturity. Being an adult means not being afraid of old age <\/a>and death.<\/p>

Should we cut the symbolic umbilical cord with our parents in order to feel like an adult?<\/span> <\/h2>

This idea is obsolete. If I visit my father<\/a> tomorrow and feel like I\u2019m becoming a child again, there is nothing wrong with that. On the other hand, it becomes problematic if I act in a childish manner with my son.<\/p>

Marie Le Marois<\/em><\/p>

<\/span> <\/h2>

Read more from our 'Being an adult' set:<\/span> <\/h2>

Testimony: What does it mean to be an adult?<\/a><\/p>

Testimony: When did we become adults?<\/a><\/p>

Testimony: How we felt becoming an adult?<\/a><\/p>

Being an adult: A lifelong changing state
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