Maureen may want to consider Turkmenistan. The president of the former Soviet state, Saparmurat Niyazov, has extended the definition of youth until the age of 37. Adolescence covers the years from 13 to 25. Mind you, this is a president who is busy renaming the month of January after himself.
One definition of ceasing to be young could be the time when a person enters the world of full-time employment. As the vista of decades grafting for a living stretch before you, thoughts of youth and adolescence inevitably start to fade.
And preparing young people for the world of work is a key tenet underpinning much of the Tomlinson review and the forthcoming green paper on youth.
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