Tag: adulthood

For a Child, Being Carefree Is Intrinsic to a Well-lived Life
World + People
The Other School

For a Child, Being Carefree Is Intrinsic to a Well-lived Life

Is being carefree a special good of childhood? Is it something that confers meaning on the life of a child, without doing the same for adults? Or do adults need to be more carefree, and so be more like children, in order for their lives to go well?
Luara Ferracioli
Next Stop: Maturity
Soul + Body
Breathe In

Next Stop: Maturity

Maturity is a strange concept. When we are mature, we don’t feel it within ourselves – yet those younger than us most certainly do.
Mikołaj Łoziński
Maturity? A Tomato!
Humor + Variety
Variety

Maturity? A Tomato!

In this edition of “Conversations from the Playground”, a panel of Poland’s youngest (and finest) intelligentsia are asked about what it means to be mature.
Ewa Pawlik
The Youth of the 40-Year-Old
World + People
Dreams and Visions

The Youth of the 40-Year-Old

Reaching the age of 40 is a milestone for many, but what sort of milestone? Is it a step into carefree maturity? Or the last throes of youth?
Mikołaj Łoziński
Of Memes and Old Men
World + People, Art + Stories
Fiction, The Other School

Of Memes and Old Men

Older generations may mock and patronize the youth, yet it is the younger generations’ new ethics of gentleness that we could all learn from.
Paulina Wilk
Kidults
World + People, Art + Stories
Science, Experiences

Kidults

The transition from child to adult is important within many cultures, yet in urbanized societies, we seem to have abandoned the rituals around entering adulthood.
Tomasz Wiśniewski