What is the definition of being an adult to you? Describe what it means to be “grown up”. Is it just a matter of age? What are some of the characteristics an adult has or should have?

To me being an adult is when you take responsibility for your actions, when you do what to have to do, and when you dont need someone to run after you for everything.
Growing up is being mature toward the situations and obstacles oflife, when you stop acting like a kid, and start taking life seriously. Growing up is just a term that in most case doesn't mean growing up as in age but growing up in your personalitie, in your person. A person can be 30 and still acts like a child. Some people grow up and mature faster than others, just like they say girls grow up faster than boys, because most boys just kid around and dont care about anything, most girls at a young age start being aware of all the seriousness of life.
Being an adult doesnt mean being old it just means that your, respectful, mature and serious. That your capable of taking responsibility for your actions.