> Among those aged 25 to 44, a group we call “early adults"
A 40 year old is federally protected from age discrimination (for being too old) and can have children which are legally adults. No one is calling this age group "early adults".
A 40 year old is federally protected from age discrimination (for being too old) and can have children which are legally adults. No one is calling this age group "early adults".
"legal"/"federally protected" adulthood - 21 - can vote, drink, etc.
"biological" adulthood - brain is not fully developed until ~25, and takes a few years to "activate/realize" those "powers", so ~30 for "actual, mature" adult processes to start taking place. ~40 seems appropriate within that as an outer boundary of "early" adulthood.