Throughout recent years, it has been noted that people seem to be taking longer to reach adulthood. According to Henig, there are certain milestones to be reached before you are able to call yourself and adult. I agree with Henig in that certain milestones should be reached, however, due to our society’s advances in technology, especially within the medical fields, humans have been able to live longer lives. With this increase in life expectancy, it would only make sense to increase the average time span spent in each developmental stage in life. Having just argued that a longer lifespan leads to a later adulthood, now let’s turn our attention to the amount of possibilities open to today’s youth that has caused the delay of adulthood. The youth wants to be able to experience everything and to do this, they must delay adulthood. Before, eighteen-year olds, to see the world, would go off to the service to be able to see the world. This allowed them to travel while also having a job but brought in many health hazards and the chance of dying. Recently due to people volunteering into service, we have been fortunate enough to not need a draft which has now given many young adults the sense of adventure. These young adults want to travel and explore the world, procrastinating true adulthood. My point is to not agree or disagree with Henig in that certain milestones must be reached before adulthood, but that a person’s average lifespan is increasing, and this increase should not only be added onto the persons adult part of their life. Also, that due to not needing a military draft, young adults have become interested in the surrounding world resulting in a delay in becoming an adult. For these reasons, people are taking linger to become an adult