Gwen Cole grew up in upstate New York, moved to Virginia where she did not graduate college, and worked various jobs including pharmacy technician, meat clerk, ranch hand, and a receiving specialist at Target.
Thus, emerging adults often attend college, travel, hold jobs (not careers), cohabitate with significant others (or sometimes remain living with parents), and become politically or militarily involved, often while still leaning on parental figures for some level practical guidance, emotional support...