Kids NOT growing up to fast these days:

According to a Statistics Canada study today's youth are about 5 years behind the youth of 30 years ago in terms of key life transitions to adulthood.

The transitions used were:

Finishing education - well today you need a college diploma for jobs that used to require a high school business education or an apprenticeship program.

Getting a full time job - see above and if you don't do more school you often have a minimum wage job

Leaving home - new homes are more elaborate and expensive, youth don't want to give up the luxuries of their parents' houses for the less elaborate starter apartment

Getting married - many reasons I think, not enough money, want to be a "playa"

Having children - postponed for education or for economic reasons

Article is here:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070918.wgrowup0918/BNStory/National/home