At What Age Do We Grow Up?

Britain’s Peter Pan generation is refusing to grow up, making 29 the "new 21."

15:52 03 September 2015

A research has found that more and more 20-something are delaying adult responsibilities like moving out of the family home and getting married until their early 30s. In the 70s, most people get married by 23, had their first child at 26, and move into their own pad by 27. 

 

The study says that Britain’s Peter Pan generation are waiting until they reach 31 before they get married, 30 before they have a child, and 36 before they own their own property.

 

While 21 is traditionally seen as a coming of age, the study found that 20-something does not feel like a grown-up until 29. Signs of adulthood, according to the study, include living at home and relying on parents to do the household chores, not having a nine-to-five job, playing computer games and watching kids movies.