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Peter Pan Syndrome

• A special court in Mumbai has granted bail to a 23-year-old accused of sexually assaulting a minor.
• The accused had told the court he suffered from “Peter Pan Syndrome”.
• The term ‘Peter Pan Syndrome’ first appeared in 1983, in a book authored by Dr Dan Kiley titled ‘Peter Pan Syndrome: Men Who Have Never Grown Up’. He described it as a “social-psychological phenomenon”.
• It is used to describe any adult male or female, who are not socially mature. People with this behaviour live carefree life, finding responsibilities challenging in adulthood, and basically, “never growing ....