Childhood and adulthood are two different - but equally essential- times

within our life. Childhood is the period of time when we are still growing up.
Adulthood is the time in our life when we are ‘grown up’, though we may still
be developing as people.There are many differences between adulthood and
childhood, such as independence, responsibility, freedom, innocence,
knowledge, skills and etc.
For example, childhood is a time when we must live according to our parents’
rules, and obey the rules of our schools as well. By contrast, during adulthood
we have much more independence and can generally choose things like
where we want to live, what we want to eat, and what job we will do.
Also, as adults, we have accrued much more knowledge and experience of the
world than we possess as children. This knowledge can come from formal
education, but it can also come from simply interacting with other people in
the world.
At the same time, adults tend to have a wider range of skills than children do.
For example, adults can drive a car, do more complex mathematical problems
and etc. These are things that children either find difficult to do or are even
legally forbidden to do. Nonetheless, it is also true that children sometimes
have a greater aptitude for learning new skills than adults do. It is said, for
example, that it is easier to learn a second language fluently as a child than
as an adult.
There are also obvious physical changes. For example, growing taller, getting
a deeper voice (especially for men), and noticing gray hairs are all bodily
differences that mark adults out as different from children.
As you see, although childhood and adulthood are two very different periods,
they have effects on each other.
According to the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 78 (seventy eight)
percent of children reported more than one traumatic experience before five
years of age. Developmental trauma is more common than one may think
and can easily lead to problems later on in adulthood.
Early trauma in childhood changes the developing brain because an
environment characterized by abuse and neglect, for example, causes
different adaptations of brain than an environment of safety, security, and
love and the earlier the distress, on average, the more profound the effects in
adulthood.
Physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, physical neglect, emotional
neglect, witnessing domestic violence, mental illness within the household,
parental separation or divorce, incarceration(inkarsıreyşın) of a household
member, sudden death in the family, caring for someone with a chronic or
debilitating illness are examples of adverse childhood experiences and
stressful experiences that can lead to long-term effects in adulthood.
Adults who have had any of these traumas also may have addiction, mental
health disorders, attraction to unhealthy relationships, loss of childhood
memories and chronic illness.
Therefore, although childhood seems like a period in which we are less
responsible and happier, childhood trauma, whether it was intentional or
unintentional, can have lasting effects on every aspect of adulthood.
It would be ideal for individuals to undergo therapy in childhood or
adolescence(adolesıns); however, seeking professional treatment in
adulthood can help prevent some of these long-term adverse effects.
Besides the bad effects, a good childhood can have many benefits for the
individual's life. For example, this is a great advantage for someone who has
learned a second or third language in childhood. At the same time,
individuals who have been raised with love by good parents as children
become loving, respectful and beneficial adults.
There are definitely differences between childhood and adulthood. However,
this distinction is not always as sharp as we initially think. And, of course,
everyone is an individual with their own experiences of being a child and then
becoming an adult.