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Topic: Adulthood

Will Ferrell as Buddy in "Elf" (New Line Cinema/Hulu)

What "Elf" teaches adults, 20 years on

Gabriella Ferrigine
One lit light bulb among many unlit lightbulbs (Getty Images/Rulles)

The science of creativity

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A diverse group of smiling people (Getty Images)

At what age are people usually happiest?

Clare Mehta - The Conversation
(Illustration by Ilana Lidagoster/Salon)

"We young, bro," my friend tells me

D. Watkins
(Getty/AntonioGuillem)

Teens aren't in a hurry to grow up

Jean Twenge - The Conversation
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/g/janfaukner'>Jan Faukner</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Our fading friend-requests

Sarah Sweeney
(Jubilee Project)

Jenny Kutner
(AMC)

The death of adulthood?

Andrew O'Hehir
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=6814807'>deimagine</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

5 rules for being a grown-up

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Millennials: "Me" Gen X: "Meh"

Whitney Collins - The Weeklings
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