Most U.S. adults read books, with print still favored over digital formats, though e-book and audiobook use has grown. Habits vary by demographics and few join book clubs.
Inspired by the Scholastic Book Fairs of childhood but made for adults, the Books and Booze Adult Book Fair returned to West Virginia's Capital City this weekend for its third year.
16 The word adult appear to have derived from the Latin term adultus, meaning grown up, mature, adult, ripe. Adulterate (and its cognate adultery) is reported to derive from the Latin adulterare - to falsify, corrupt. Are the meanings and derivation of adult and adulterate, directly related, or is this just a coincidence of spelling?
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"Adult children" comes from "adult children of alcoholics", but now has broader reference to adults who were abused emotionally, physically or sexually in childhood.
The best way to do it, I think, would be to forgo the hyphens completely and go with: I am a psychologist who works with children and adults. Anything else is awkward, ambiguous, or both. If it's necessary to emphasize that this individual works with children and adults (i.e., this isn't just introductory information), you could add in a 'both': I am a psychologist who works with both children ...
The category aimed at 18–24 year olds, which blew up during the pandemic thanks to BookTok, is finally being codified by the industry, as the Big Five begin to launch their own dedicated New Adult ...