Editing Adult (section)

==Religion==
According to [[Jewish]] tradition, adulthood is reached at age 13 for Jewish boys and 12 for Jewish girls in accordance with the [[Bar or Bat Mitzvah]];<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bar Mitzva in Peninei Halakha by rabbi Eliezer Melamed |url=https://ph.yhb.org.il/07-02-09/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |archive-date=2022-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018072239/https://ph.yhb.org.il/07-02-09/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bat Mitzva in Peninei Halakha by rabbi Eliezer Melamed |url=https://ph.yhb.org.il/07-02-11/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |archive-date=2022-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018072512/https://ph.yhb.org.il/07-02-11/ |url-status=live }}</ref> they are expected to demonstrate preparation for adulthood by learning the [[Torah]] and other Jewish practices. The Christian [[Bible]] and [[Jewish scripture]] contain no age requirement for adulthood or [[marriage|marrying]], which includes engaging in sexual activity.

The 1983 Code of Canon Law states, "A man before he has completed his sixteenth year of age, and likewise a woman before she has completed her fourteenth year of age, cannot enter a valid marriage".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Code of Canon Law: Table of Contents |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/cic_index_en.html |website=vatican.va |access-date=2022-12-23 |archive-date=2021-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822161637/https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/cic_index_en.html |url-status=live }}</ref> According to ''The Disappearance of Childhood'' by [[Neil Postman]], the [[Christian Church]] of the [[Middle Ages]] considered the age of accountability, when a person could be tried and even [[execution|executed]] as an adult, to be age 7. While certain religions have their guidelines on what it means to be an adult, generally speaking, there are trends that occur regarding religiosity as individuals transition from adolescence to adulthood. The role of religion in one's life can impact development during adolescence.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Donelson |first=Elaine |year=1999 |title=Psychology of religion and adolescents in the United States: Past to present |journal=Journal of Adolescence |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=187–204 |doi=10.1006/jado.1999.0212 |pmid=10089119}}</ref> The National Library of Medicine (NCBI) highlights some studies that show rates of religiosity declining as people move out of the house and live on their own. Oftentimes when people live on their own, they change their life goals and religion tends to be less important as they discover who they are. Other studies from the NCBI show that as adults get married and have children they settle down, and as they do, there tends to be an increase in religiosity. Everyone's level of religiosity builds at a different pace, meaning that religion relative to adult development varies across cultures and time.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Bo Hyeong Jane |last2=Pearce |first2=Lisa D. |last3=Schorpp |first3=Kristen M. |date=September 2017 |title=Religious Pathways from Adolescence to Adulthood |journal=Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion |volume=56 |issue=3 |pages=678–689 |doi=10.1111/jssr.12367 |pmc=5912683 |pmid=29706663}}</ref>