Are You Ready to Sit at The Grown Folks’ Table? Here’s How to Tell…

You watch.  You wait.  You dream.  But until it happens you wonder: “Am I ready to sit at The Grown Folks’ Table?”  It is a rite of passage, a coming of age moment to relish, when you are moved from kids, tweens, and teens space to “The Table”.  Vying with those aged twentysomething and up for a coveted spot among the older generations is not easy.  A seat at The Table is a jewel in the crown meaning you have arrived among your people.  All of the young bloods mix and mingle with something to prove: successful adulting.   A tap to “move on up” can mean any of the following: respect for your choices and for you; the expectation of financial stability for self and/or contribution to the family as needed; an invitation to gatherings not assumed attendance; a space at your side for a plus one; and being seen as a “responsible one” for anything or anyone from pets to elders and not the other way around. Here’s how to tell. R-e-s-p-e-c-t Not to be taken lightly, sitting at The Grown Folks’ Table is not for everybody.  You must be worthy, and you might have to level up.  Respect...