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A
Journey
through
the
odyssey
years
1
Most
of
us
know
about
the
phases
of
life
which
we
label
to
parallel
different
age
groups
and
life
stages:
childhood,
adolescence,
adulthood,
and
old
age.
We
think
of
infancy
before
childhood
and
middle
age
before
old
age,
with
each
unique
phase
bringing
its
own
peculiar
set
of
challenges.
These
challenges
can
be
overcome
by
acquainting
ourselves
with
them,
such
as
the
child's
need
to
learn,
the
adult's
need
to
find
the
right
career
and
build
a
family,
and
the
senior's
need
for
support
and
good
health
care.
2
Interestingly,
ideas
about
the
stages
of
life
are
changing.
3
In
previous
times,
people
didn't
have
a
solid
idea
of
childhood
as
being
separate
from
adulthood.
A
hundred
years
ago,
no
one
thought
of
adolescence.
Until
recently
it
was
understood
as
a
norm
that
their
induction
to
adulthood
was
completed
as
soon
as
they
graduated
from
college.
They
would
now
find
a
sensible
job
which
would
lead
to
a
career.
Then
during
this
career
they
would
start
a
family,
ideally
before
they
turned
30.
4
Today
we
have
an
equivalent
need
to
recognize
a
new
phase
of
life
that
comes
after
high
school
graduation,
continues
through
college,
and
then
leads
to
starting
a
family
and
having
a
career,
the
so-called
odyssey
years.
Recent
trends
show
radical
changes
as
young
people
are
following
a
different
agenda.
They
take
breaks
from
school,
live
with
friends
and
often
return
to
living
with
their
parents.
Similarly,
they
fall
in
and
out
of
love,
quit
one
job
and
try
another
or
even
shift
to
a
new
career.
So,
we
need
to
recognize
this
new
stage,
the
odyssey
years,
which
many
now
consider
to
be
an
unavoidable
stage
in
reaching
adulthood.
5
People
who
were
born
prior
to
the
60s
or
70s
in
the
last
century
tended
to
frame
their
concept
of
adulthood
based
upon
achieving
certain
accomplishments:
moving
away
from
home,
becoming
financially
independent,
finding
the
right
spouse
and
starting
a
family.
But
that
emphasis
on
stability
did
not
remain
static.
Today,
young
people
are
unlikely
to
do
the
same.
During
the
odyssey
years,
a
high
proportion
of
young
people
are
delaying
marriage,
child
bearing,
and
even
employment.
6
The
odyssey
years
can
saddle
young
people
with
enormous
pressure
to
move
forward
quickly.
As
the
sole
heir
and
focus
of
their
parents'
expectations,
hopes
and
dreams,
some
react
with
rebellious
and
prideful
attitudes
and