# Human life cycle **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 23, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-life-cycle/1003230 "2024-06-23T17:13:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Texikid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texikid/32/17036_2.png) [@Texikid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Texikid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-life-cycle/1003230/1 "2024-06-23T17:13:11Z")
**What am I talking about?** In your opinion what are the stages of human life? I’m talking about adding on to a list that so far looks like this: 1. Infant(0-1) 2. Baby(1-3) 3. Toddler(3-5) 4. Preteen(10-12) 5. Teen(13-19) 6. **College kid(20-?)** 7. Adult( **?** -60) 8. Elderly(60-80) 9. **What’s this pool?** (80-100)(Pretty old/wise) **Goals** It seems like adolescence has a pinned down number of age pools.But adults? There has to be some room for improvement.The [adult] age pool is a huge gap to overcome because it spans so long without any new pool and pools 6-7 need to have some ages sorted out(Find out what ??? should be). **Side Quest** What should we call all of these pools,demographics,ages? It would help out a lot.I refer to them as pools but maybe a new word might have to be made for this post.(Or more helpfully a fellow doper already knows a word) **How to do this** If you have found a _pool_ just post the [pool(age-age)] and I will update the original list. For example if you post.“Yorple (40-53)”(Yorple is a made up example) the list will look like this 1. Infant(0-1) 2. Baby(1-3) 3. Toddler(3-5) 4. Preteen(10-12) 5. Teen(13-19) 6. College kid(20-who knows?) 7. Yorple(40-53) 8. **Needs new name** (53-60) 9. Elderly(60-80) 10. What is this denomination?(80-100)(Pretty old/wise) **Rules** - If something is bolded on the list or there is a gap between pools or there is a subdivision of a pool.That’s what we are trying to finish. - Age slang should **not** have to be apart of the list(boomer,alpha,zoomer,etc) - Generations should not be apart of the list because labeling for example (0-14) as Gen Alpha will become outdated in the following years. - You can veto another doper but only with a reason.Conflict can be dealt with in a controlled manner. **When does it end** The list is aiming to create a comprehensive list of stages of life.So when no additions can be thought of the page will be turned off and the final list will be posted. ---
**Author:** ![Texikid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texikid/32/17036_2.png) [@Texikid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Texikid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-life-cycle/1003230/2 "2024-06-23T17:15:15Z")
> [@Texikid](#): > > - Infant(0-1) > - Baby(1-3) > - Toddler(3-5) > - Preteen(10-12) > - Teen(13-19) > - **College kid(20-?)** > - Adult( **?** -60) > - Elderly(60-80) > - **What’s this pool?** (80-100)(Pretty old/wise) This is what the list looks like so far. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-life-cycle/1003230/3 "2024-06-23T17:27:39Z")
0-7 Formative 8-12 Learning 13-24 Bonding 24-50 Reproducing 51-65 Wealth accumulation 66-86 Personal Realization 86-106 Reflection ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-life-cycle/1003230/4 "2024-06-23T17:42:08Z")
20-something, 30-something, 40-something, _ad infinitum_ ETA - My flip answer looks pretty lame following @Crane ’s rather brilliant offering. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-life-cycle/1003230/5 "2024-06-23T17:56:58Z")
Willy S gives seven stages, but no years attached to them. > **[The Seven Ages Of Man](https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/famous/seven-ages-of-man/)** > > In As You Like It, Jaques speaks his 'Ages of man' monologue (better known by most as the 'All the world's a stage' speech). The seven ages of man described ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-life-cycle/1003230/6 "2024-06-23T19:14:13Z")
> [@Texikid](#): > > Toddler(3-5) Toddlers are 2 or 3 years old. Not 4 and 5. ---
**Author:** ![Texikid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texikid/32/17036_2.png) [@Texikid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Texikid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-life-cycle/1003230/7 "2024-06-23T21:36:07Z")
- Infant(0-.5) - Baby(.5-2) - Toddler(2-3) - Preteen(10-12) - Teen(13-19) - **College kid(20-?)** - Adult( **?** -60) - Elderly(60-80) - **What’s this pool?** (80-100)(Pretty old/wise) **UPDATE** ⬆ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-life-cycle/1003230/8 "2024-06-23T21:46:09Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > > [@Texikid](#): > > > > Toddler(3-5) > > Toddlers are 2 or 3 years old. Not 4 and 5. That jumped out at me, too. Five-year-olds don’t toddle. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-life-cycle/1003230/9 "2024-06-23T21:48:31Z")
Young: newborn to 37 Middle aged: 37 to 74 Old: 74 and beyond ---
**Author:** ![Texikid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texikid/32/17036_2.png) [@Texikid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Texikid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-life-cycle/1003230/10 "2024-06-23T21:49:05Z")
A more simpler way of thinking…Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-life-cycle/1003230/11 "2024-06-23T21:52:13Z")
If I may offer the considered opinion of noted ego psychologist, **[Erik Erikson](https://www.verywellmind.com/erik-eriksons-stages-of-psychosocial-development-2795740)**: > [@](#): > > - Stage 1: Trust vs. Mistrust (Infancy from birth to 18 months) > - Stage 2: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (Toddler years from 18 months to three years) > - Stage 3: Initiative vs. Guilt (Preschool years from three to five) > - Stage 4: Industry vs. Inferiority (Middle school years from six to 11) > - Stage 5: Identity vs. Confusion (Teen years from 12 to 18) > - Stage 6: Intimacy vs. Isolation (Young adult years from 18 to 40) > - Stage 7: Generativity vs. Stagnation (Middle age from 40 to 65) > - Stage 8: Integrity vs. Despair (Older adulthood from 65 to death)