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Every culture marks the day you stop being a child. Some make you earn it.

Seven coming-of-age rituals — growing up was never meant to be easy.

Cover — every culture marks the day you stop being a child.
Maasai warriorhood — coming-of-age in East Africa
Bar and bat mitzvah — Jewish coming-of-age
Seijin Shiki — Japan's national coming-of-age day
Quinceañera — Latin American coming-of-age celebration
The Apache Sunrise Ceremony
Walkabout — Aboriginal Australian rite of passage
The Sateré-Mawé bullet ant initiation
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Jewish 13-year-olds read Torah before the community. Japan celebrates all new adults on one national day. Amazonian Sateré-Mawé boys wear gloves full of bullet ants. Growing up was never meant to be easy.