______ , 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(n) ______ themselves, young people ______ put that aside until much later in life than was the case in the past.