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The dark side of the emerging adulthood: Confused moral reasoning

In the book ‘The dark side of the emerging adulthood’, Author Christian Smith introduces the issues that the emerging adulthood faces during this time. Smith mentions that problems does not lie only in case of the emerging adulthood or because of taking individual decisions at this adulthood age but most of the issues in adulthood happens because of the deeper roots in the cultural society. It also does not happens due to the mainstream  adult culture but also other existing culture.  The mainstream culture means, each characteristic in the adults is inherited from the families not created by them. More than these, there might be several causes because of which problems are faced by adults. These problems need some solution so that adults can be avoided with these issues during their change from teenager to adulthood and can be directed to the right path. Effective solutions to the causes that can help in avoiding the confused moral reason issues have been discussed below: Adu

Transition into Adulthood

Young adults in the world have strayed from the traditional process of transition in to adulthood and have rigorously changed their lifestyle and behaviors. There are numerous  macro-social factors have altered the American life and have aided towards the transition trends into adulthood.  The most prominent factor affecting transition into adulthood is education, as it allows individuals to mature with formal training and grooming. The GI Bill, aids to this transformation within the economy through state subsidized state universities and community colleges, allowing more young adults to enroll into educational programs to become professional trained and groomed adults. Remarkably, the government efforts to decrease the cost of education has influenced many young adults to seek higher education and increase in the number of graduates from high schools joining Universities and colleges rose to 25% in 2010. Because of this, a greater percentage of youth are not quitting school and