How do we become adults? Is it by moving out of our parents'house? Earning an independent income? Getting married? Havingchildren? Buying a house? Those are the benchmarks most of ususe, but Growing Up suggests that maturity is more about qualitiesof character. Through the poignant stories of nearly half a centuryworking with young people as a teacher, school administrator,high school and college chaplain, parish priest, and father of three,Frank Strasburger shares the encouraging news that the pace andpower with which we become adults is largely within our control.Chapter by chapter, he unfolds the real process of growing up:facing down the fear of failure, wrestling honestly with identityand relationship, finding passion, overcoming illusions of power,discovering faith, and discerning a sense of mission. Strasburger'sbottom line: it is in serving others that we become the people we'remeant to be.