... a growing number of people are retaining the behaviors and attitudes associated with youth. As a consequence, many older people simply never achieve mental adulthood, according to a leading expert on evolutionary psychiatry. Among scientists, the phenomenon is called psychological neoteny. The theory’s creator is Bruce Charlton, a professor in the School of Biology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.Spoiled children aren't merely immature, they're sheltered and unprepared for maturity.
On Kohlberg's stages of moral development, what stage do most people get to? What stage do today's institutions, especially public education, want them to get to?
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