Peter pan syndrome

In psychology, Peter Pan Syndrome refers to younger generation's unwillingness to grow up and their corresponding immature behaviors. This syndrome is most prevalent in the late 80s and 90s generation where the development a sense of responsibility does not occur nearly as early as they used to be. The over protectiveness of nowadays parents, rising cost of living and increased difficulty in finding a suitable, satisfactory partner.

The phenomenon was based off of Peter Pan, a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie who never ages and acts with carelessness and fearlessly cocky behaviors. This syndrome is more popular in boys

Examples

Britan's delay in getting married, having a child and buying a home

BRITAIN suffers from 'Peter Pan' syndrome as 16m people say they have delayed at least one major life step including marriage, having a baby or buying a home, according to a new report from protection and retirement specialist, LV=.

A report by LV= under the name "Delayed Lifestyle" assesses the age at which British youngsters accomplish their important life decisions, analyzing the past few decades and speculating about as far as 2025.

The report shows the current age for marriage is now 32 for men and 30 for women, and is likely to increase to 35 and 34 respectively for 2025. There has been a rising trend since 1970 when the ages were 24 and 22 respectively. Unsurprisingly, a trend in delayed marriage leads to a trend in delayed childbirth. The current age for first-time childbirth is 28, up from 24 in 1970, and looks to be 29 by 2025.

There is also a significant leap in the age of first-time homeowners, from 29 years old in 1980 to what seems to be 41 by 2025, with a majority of these home owners taking out a 25 year mortgage or more. This will likely cause financial hardship when a significant portion of the population do not have their primary residence paid off by their retirement.

A stunning 14.7 Million Brits said they could not afford to get married, have a child or buy a house.

Society and Culture

Boomerang Generation

Boomerang Generation is closely related to Peter Pan Syndrome. The Boomerang Generationis one of several terms applied to the current generation of young adults in Western culture. They are so named for the frequency with which they choose to cohabitate with their parents after a brief period of living on their own–thus boomeranging back to their place of origin.

Continued Moratorium

Growing up and becoming an adult, contrary to popular belief, is not the same thing. Most parent nowadays focuses heavily on early-childhood development but stops paying close attention to their child once they start to go to middle school. Parents simply hope that their child would grow out of adolescent and into a child. The young adult of today's world are constantly asking themselves one question: "who am I?". Young couple nowadays does not believe that marriage is a lifetime commitment, but rather a short-term commitment to see if things work out.

For the first 12 years of their lives, children are the center of attention of their parents and family. They lack the experience of hardship in life from their sheltering parents, which, in turn, leads them to avoid commitment. From Hamlet to Holden Caulfield, young people seems to lack the basic understanding that their elders are sensitive human beings too, just like them, that life is full of constraints like it is for everyone else, and that in order to receive kindness, you have to give them out.

Parents these days are complaining and argueing over that their kid should deserve to stay in the school's hockey team even though they can only make half of the attendance "Because he wants to play hockey! It's only one or two practices he will be missing!"

See Also

• Overpopulation
• Attachment Theory
• Developmental psychology
• Developmental psychobiology
• Healthy narcissism
• Applied Behavior Analysis

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References

• The Ottawa Citizen. "The Peter Pan syndrome: [Final Edition]". Newspapers.
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