( ), the period between childhood and adulthood, seems to have stretched out, lasting up to 25 or beyond. Instead of adulthood arriving all at once we find it gradually ( ) over a much longer period as members of this new ( ) of in-betweeners try to ( ) what to do with their lives. They are likely to want to ( ) various ( ), sampling a variety of different jobs. This often leaves their parents feeling some ( ) as they fear their children may be just ( ) rather than settling in a ( )job. As for taking on the responsibilities of ( )themselves, young people typically ( ) that ( )until much later in life than was the case in the past.