Making the ârightâ choices Navigating the fraught landscape of making decisions in young adulthood. Jonathan Giammaria, Arts & Entertainment Editor Ten years ago, Robin Marantz Henig published an article The New York Times Magazine whose opening header read, âWhy are so many people in their 20s taking so long to grow up?â The question referred to those who had entered adulthood in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis and failed to meet the societal milestones of a generation prior. In 2010, the question echoed the vocal concerns of a nation of worried parents inasmuch as it commented on and empathized with the realities of a new cohort of emerging adultsâinformally called the boomerang generation.