Why grow up when adolescence contains so much romance and suspense?

CNN: The novel America needs in 2013

But beyond compensation and job security there are lots of other reasons why mommas should encourage their babies to grow up to be salesmen.

FORBES: Ten Ways to Recession Proof Your Career

These moms and others I met maintain their sense of humor in spite of the difficulty of watching kids grow up without their dads, having to explain why birthdays have been missed, why there's a war on.

NPR: Reporter's Notebook: A Delayed Homecoming

As we grow up we are supposed to put away childish things, but why do that when some of them are so much fun.

BBC: Subbuteo: In the box

Why do websites run by and for women focus so much on men who won't grow up, and ooze such despair about relations between the sexes?

WSJ: Has the Sexual Revolution Been Good for Women? Mary Eberstadt: No