I am also between 20 and 40. Nothing in the Universe could induce me to go back to being a teenager. I did not get on well with other people, including my family. Thank the deity of your choice for adult independence. Things have been getting better ever since. Of course, I am not raising children, unless you count myself. ;) For those still in school, I can't even describe how different it was for me to leave high school. Jump through the hoops until you get to be the one holding the hoops. Lin