The path to becoming an adult is a gradient

Function: The BIS is responsible for sensitivity to punishment, non-reward, and novel situations. It regulates avoidance behavior.
Emotional Responses: It is associated with feelings of anxiety, fear, and apprehension. When activated, it can lead to cautious or inhibited behavior.
Neurobiological Basis: The BIS is thought to involve brain regions such as the hippocampus and amygdala, which are associated with processing risk and fear.

When you’re a kid, you’re a tiny drunk adult.

And when you’re an adult, you’re a tall child.

The path to becoming an adult is a gradient. There isn’t a switch that gets pulled on the day you turn 18 that qualifies you to make “adult decisions.”

It is a gradual, painstaking process.

In the end, what determines our “adultness?” Does it mean that we become less emotional? Less petulent?

We never lose our childishness. Not completely, anyway.

We're practicing for who we want to be.