(Infant dates to the 14th century and comes ultimately from a Latin word meaning “incapable of speech; young.”) Infantile sometimes literally means “relating to infants”—that is, to children in the first year of life—but it is also applied more broadly. If you chide someone for their...
The article looks at young adulthood, focusing on the messages and cultural meaning of that period of life in relation to changing conceptions of adulthood and maturity. The author criticizes various practices and trends which she says serve to distract college students rather than teaching them to...