None of these legal provisions determine at what point adulthood has been reached but they do point to the prolonged period of adolescence.

这些法律条文没有规定什么时候已经到了成年期，但是他们确实指出了延长的青春期。

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However, now they are becoming an extended period of adolescence, during which many of today's students and are not shouldered with adult responsibilities.

然而，现在他们青春期正在延长，许多今天的学生并没有肩负起成人的责任。

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To the later period of adolescence, growth drop gradually and stop nearly.

到了青春发育后期，长高速度逐渐下降至几乎完全停止。

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Meg Jay, a psychologist and author, argued against the idea that the 20s are a period of extended adolescence where people can postpone key life choices.

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This study has now followed hundreds of subjects from childhood into adolescence over an eight-year period.

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If we want to correct this problem we need to make the period after high school more focused on work and not an unnecessary extension of adolescence.

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