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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The definition of adulthood is different across cultures.  For White Americans is that their teens are having sex, working a minimum wage jobs, get  a clunker car, vape or smoke weed, paying rent to parents/living in group home and fixing sandwiches for themselves.  Want to go to college? Take a loan.

For other cultures - Focus on education and EC, socialize with like minded peers from good families. Want to become a couple? Sure, do a COUPLE of internships, take driving classes, take your multivitamins, keep your room clean, learn to cook with spices.  College? Parents and/or college will pay the student.  You also get a new car with all safety features as a present from parents. Stay home when you start a job. No need to pay rent to the parents at all...save for your retirement and down payment for your condo. [/quote]

In American culture the ideal is: graduate from college (with as little debt as possible, but some is ok if necessary), live with roommates, get as high a paying job as possible, enjoy your twenties and eventually, years later, fall in love, move in together, marry, yada yada.  Of course American culture is so broad and varied, and reality may not match up with what you hope for. But that is the hope for most people. [/quote]

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