Coming of age, coming of age can be very important because staying a kid all the time, isn’t always a good thing. Think of it this way, did Peter Pan ever grow up? No, he stayed a kid, even while Wendy grew up. Peter Pan didn’t always think that Wendy growing up was a good thing, because he always wanted Wendy to stay with him, and be young forever, in NeverLand. But eventually Wendy had to go home, and go back to her parents, because she has a life back at her house that she needs to live. Just like everyone else, everyone else has a life that they need to live, and you can’t change somebody’s life because thats why way that you want them to live.
Coming of age can also be very important because you want to become more mature. When you 35 and your playing with you dolls on the kitchen table during dinner, don’t you think your family is going to look at you kind of weird? Maturing is a big thing-at least I think- when it comes to coming of age. Think of yourself now, and think of yourself about 10 years from now. I bet you won’t be the same person that you are now. Eventually everyone grows up, and it’s just how life goes. If you don’t want to grow, there’s nothing you can really do about it.
Also, when you were a kid, you thought of things a lot differently. You had a different perspective, than an adult did. I bet when you were little you thought that playing in a sand box was fun. Well, adults probably don’t want to play in a sandbox, yeah, some adult probably want to be a kid again but they don’t really have that option. One day they can’t just go to their job and say “Oh, I don’t feel like doing it anymore.” Or maybe on day they can’t just stop paying bills, or taxes, because then you wouldn’t have any food or clothes to wear. That’s why it’s important to grow up.
There are many different reasons what, and why coming of age is important to people, but those are the few reasons that coming of age is important to me, and what it means to me.