Generation Next

As part of the BBC's Generation Next season, the BBC's Robin Lustig asks what does it really mean to be an adult

He explores what "youth" means in different societies and cultures worldwide in this five-part documentary series.

Part One - Child vs Adult

Robin looks at the legal, social and cultural frameworks separating the "child" from the "adult".

According to the dictionary, an adult is "a person who is fully grown". A child, therefore, is "a person between birth and full growth".

In this first programme he focuses on aspects of life such as sex and marriage, work, voting, politics and crime.

He talks to young people around the world - including Albania, Ghana, India, Korea, South Africa, the US and the UK anbd finds that there's much more to childhood and adulthood than biology.

Read more about Robin's search to find what it really means to be an adult