Peter Pan syndrome

Peter Pan syndrome

A psychological state or condition in which a grown person cannot or refuses to act like an adult; a stubborn and persistent immaturity found in an adult person. I seem cursed to only find men who have some damned Peter Pan syndrome. I'm tired of going out with guys who act like children!
See also: pan, peter, syndrome
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a whizz-kid
  • whiz kid
  • whizz
  • older adult
  • quiz kid
  • the child is father to the man
  • the child is father of the man
  • child is father of the man
  • justify (something) to (one)
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References in periodicals archive
Perhaps the struggles with adulting may be linked to Peter Pan Syndrome.
Freeze: Adulting
Could Uber have developed Peter Pan syndrome reaching a stage of maturity most companies never achieve and becoming deeply in debt and unable to make a profit?
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The 'Peter Pan Syndrome' affects people who do not want to grow up.
Toxic people to avoid at all costs!
Weirdly enough, I've got like the Peter Pan syndrome when it comes to the kinds of films I like...
I wish I was more present in the Marvel family, says Idris Elba
In other words, the "Peter Pan Syndrome" is more pervasive than ever.
A geek's take on 'The Intern'
According to Lucy, the 57-year-old "D-list rock star" suffers from "Peter Pan syndrome" and had a "diet of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll."
INXS Star Garry Beers Refutes Daughter Lucy-Mae's Claims, Insists He's a Good Father and Decent Man
Peter Pan syndrome happens when a man refuses to grow and wants to be a child forever.
'Todas las Mujeres' tackles Peter Pan syndrome
Singh, who made her Bollywood debut in the critically-acclaimed 2003 feature aACAyHazron Khwaishein Aisi', believes that mothers are partly responsible for fuelling the Peter Pan syndrome.
It's all about I, Me Aur Main
Cue Portland's Mean Jeans, a three-man rock outfit who churn beer-slicked party songs specially dedicated to those of us afflicted with Peter Pan Syndrome. Are you Serious, their Dirtnap debut, is replete with odes to partying, friendship, pizza, slime, and oblivion--an aural kaleidoscope swirling like a toilet after a rejuvenating vomit (let's hope there's mouthwash under the sink).
Mean Jeans
"I've met plenty of guys with Peter Pan syndrome, where they don't want to grow up," she added.
I'm not sure about marriage, says Mila Kunis
With people marrying, buying their first home and having their first child later than ever before, the region's twenty-somethings are being accused of "Peter Pan Syndrome" - putting off the major milestones in life past the time when their parents generation undertook them.
Peter Pan syndrome; AS figures show people are marrying, buying their first home and having children later than ever, RACHEL WEARMOUTH asks what this shows about modern society
"I've been a biker since I was 16 and rather than being born again I would call it a Peter Pan syndrome - a refusal to grow old."
Elderly 'eternal youths' buy bikes and holidays
Just like men with a Peter Pan syndrome who don't want to grow up, Teenage Women In Their Thirties are putting serious relationships and parenthood on hold to hang on to the freedom and fun they remember from their teens.
Are you a Twit? (THAT'S TEENAGE WOMAN IN HER THIRTIES); More women are following the likes of Cameron Diaz and putting off starting a family - because there are too many other things they want to do first. But do they risk missing out?
In fact, for the Armani group, Japan represents more than 12% of our revenues and, while the number of young people may decrease, the number of young-at-heart is on the rise; many people here, including myself, suffer from Peter Pan syndrome.
CEO interview