 If the years 18–25 are classified as "young adulthood", Arnett believes it is then difficult to find an appropriate term for the thirties.Emerging adults are still in the process of obtaining an education, are unmarried, and are childless.By age thirty, most of these individuals do see themselves as adults, based on the belief that they have more fully formed "individualistic qualities of character" such as self-responsibility, financial independence, and independence in decision-making.