What Does It Mean To Grow Up?

This story originally appeared on MTV.com.

If you are a human being, you’ve probably heard about this thing called “growing up” — apparently we all do it eventually (unless you’re Benjamin Button). On her most recent record, I Want To Grow Up, Colleen Green touches on the concept — carrying that theme through songs that deal with getting rid of toxic lovers, paying bills and watching too much TV.

Intrigued by Green’s definition of adulthood — and questioning whether I even measure up — I reached out to the singer to find out more about her idea of growing up. THEN I asked the SAME questions I asked her to Richard Weissbourd, Harvard University’s Faculty Director of the Human Development and Psychology Program. Check it out:

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