Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adult Child


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. A redirect was created to the new disambiguation page at Adult child. -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:12, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Adult Child

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This is original research for a neologism without demonstrated notability. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 17:33, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete – Original research, "adult child" does not mean "living with your parents". Adult child (lowercase) already redirects to Vulnerable adult. – Thjarkur (talk) 18:05, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - Agree with above, definition is simply wrong. In my experience, 'adult child' simply refers to a child/offspring that is over eighteen. The term is self-explanatory and the article is far too focused on the baseless 'lives with parents idea', which is never cited. On top of this, its written really strangely and improperly referenced. ƒin  (talk) 23:25, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per power~enwiki, though if anyone wants a redirect that would be fine too - maybe recreate pointing to Adult/Child? --DannyS712 (talk) 05:04, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete — No sources. Can't even consider it as an article. The funny thing is that the Vulnerable adult doesn't have enough sources either. Unless the authors provide it with a proper citation it must be completely destroyed.  DAVRONOV A.A.  ✉ ⚑ 10:59, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Please note that I'm not an author. I simply categorized this article as I regularly volunteer in the Page Curation department. I hope this helps. With regards, AnupamTalk 16:41, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your attention and clarification.  DAVRONOV A.A. ✉ ⚑ 20:23, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
 * "Notability is a property of a subject and not of a Wikipedia article. ... even very poor writing and referencing within a Wikipedia article will not decrease the subject's notability.". Coolabahapple (talk) 06:55, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Well yeah, thank your for quoting it here. That's why I said "unless" and pinged some users who contributed to the article.  DAVRONOV A.A. ✉ ⚑ 21:08, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
 * hi, thanks for clarification. Coolabahapple (talk) 00:53, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
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 * Comment, "Adult Child" is a recognised in various disciplines ie. here is a legal definition, they also may be entitled to financial support under family law (here, here), and here), it is also a "syndrome" - see also Adult Children of Alcoholics, it is also been studied/discussed, usually concerning relationships, ie. Psychology Today - "Creating Boundaries with Your Adult Child", SBS - "The 'silent epidemic': When your adult child cuts you out of their life", The War Cry - "‘Friending‘ Your Adult Child", Psychology and Aging - "Tensions in the Parent and Adult Child Relationship: Links to Solidarity and Ambivalence", The Journals of Gerontology - "Close To You? How Parent–Adult Child Contact Is Influenced by Family Patterns", note: these all found in 1st couple of pages of a gsearch under "adult child", "adult child definition", "adult child research", so lots of stuff out there but will need quite a bit of work to turn into a coherent article if decided to retain. ps. there may also need some sort of disambiguation page and/or hatnotes as WP has Adult child - redirect to Vulnerable adult, Adult/Child - unreleased Beach Boys album, Adult Children - Soviet film, Adult Children of Divorce - USA film, Adult Children of Alcoholics (mentioned above), pps. do agree, however, with above editors that, as article stands, don't look good. Coolabahapple (talk) 07:13, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I've made Adult child into a disambiguation page. The meaning of adult child is just "an offspring that has reached the age of majority", which is both the legal and sociolocial meaning, and I don't think it warrants its own article here. ("Adult Child Syndrome" is not an an accepted syndrome, it seems to just be used by that author to discuss a pattern in family relationships). – Thjarkur (talk) 13:14, 2 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete the naming of those living with their parents as "adult children" is just plain horrid. Just covering Japan and the United States is not an adequate coverage of the subject. Also the opening almost suggests this term may to some also cover parents who are under age 18. Then they mess the whole subject up, since adulthood leagally in the US starts at 18, so why are they bringing up 25. There is something here, but it covers huge numbers of things, and has a complex history connected to ups and dowsn in all sorts of job, housing and other social markets. There are at least 10 categories of people who live at home after the age of 18. To begin with, some census and other stats group those who live in university dorms with those who live at home. This is maybe reasonable, but in many ways groups two unlike groups. Then we have 1-singles who have never married and have no children, 2-single parents, never married, who live with their own parents, 3-divorced/widowed parents who live with their parents, 4-divorced/married non-parents who live with their parents, 5-married parents living with one (or in some rare cases both) of the spouses parents. Some of our stats on especially the last may get confused by the complexities of household heading and deeds. There is also the issue of people over 18 who live with their grandparents, who may have the issue of distingushing those who were raised by and still live with their grandparents, as opposed to those who live with their grandparents but were raised by their parents. There is no evidence that "adult child" is used normally for this. People elsewhere have either thought it more "vulnerable adult", who depaending on setting are as likely to live in group homes as with parents (and may marry more than some realize), and to others this is a term like saying "all So and sos children are adults". The article here is misnamed and inadequately sourced so not justified in its present form.John Pack Lambert (talk) 21:22, 2 November 2019 (UTC)


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