Getting Younger All the Time

Age 65: Getting Younger All the Time




A new way of thinking about age: In her best-selling book, New Passages, Gail Sheehy argues that the "midlife passage" generally thought to take place at age 40 now occurs a decade later. The period between ages 45 and 65 is no longer middle and old age, according to Sheehy, but a "second adulthood."

Psychologist Ken Dychtwald, chief executive officer of Age Wave Inc., a California-based consulting firm, also sees new lines being drawn. Using his model, ages 25 to 40 represent young adulthood, while ages 40 to 60 comprise a new stage known as "middlescence." Next comes late adulthood (60 to 80), followed by old age (80 to 100), and very old age (100+).

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"Sometimes the best begins in the middle."