This Pew Research Center analysis examines what people see as the best age to get married, have a first child, buy a home and retire. It draws on nationally representative surveys of 23,022 adults across 18 countries: Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile ...

Popular belief tends to place childhood, for its innocence, or youth, for its energy and opportunities, as the pinnacle moments of life. However, psychology offers a completely different perspective, focused on continuous development and the capacity to adapt.

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. Silence can be uncomfortable, but sometimes it’s the smartest thing you can do. There are moments in life when ...

Young adults in the United States are reaching family and financial milestones later in life than they were 40 years ago. That begs the question: What are the best ages to reach these milestones? What do people in other countries think is the best age for ...

How do the experiences of teen boys and girls differ? That question motivated a survey of U.S. teens between the ages of 13 and 17 by the Pew Research Center. The findings, recently released, revealed a number of ways that the boys and girls differed.