At what age does a person become an adult? If children are left at an early age to fend for themselves, do they mature into adults more quickly than children who are coddled? Since the age when the life-changing step from childhood to adulthood varies depending on the person, the exact moment when a child crosses that maturity threshold into adulthood, in not known. However, all people have unique experiences that guide and even determine …showed first 75 words of 1383 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1383 total…in the right direction. Parents want their children to be successful and productive members of society, but with no absolutely correct way to raise a child, parents must do the best they can. Usually parents take what they learn from their own personal experiences and apply it to their children to try and shape them into good people. If they can accomplish that, they have succeeded in the somewhat ungratified, yet pleasing job of parenting.