Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wendy Altschuler is a seasoned travel and adventure writer and author. Around the globe, kids are celebrating rites of passage.

Q: Last year I was attacked by a persistent and ornery mockingbird guarding her nest. It was a tricky situation because I was trying to protect a take-home plate of homemade enchiladas and borracho ...

There are no more "rites of passage" in larger modern American society because they are no longer needed to be considered an adult. A rite of passage is simply an activity that forces you to recognize ...

I begin by extending warm wishes to those readers currently celebrating their most solemn and important religious holidays; to Christians I wish a blessed Easter, and to Muslims a Ramadan kareem and ...

A nightclub has announced its closure, meaning another rite of passage for us all could be dying, laments Frances Whiting. In ...

Some pastors offer circumcision ceremonies as an alternative to older practices involving ancestor worship, misogyny, and dedicating children to demons. Twenty-five 12 and 13-year-old boys and their ...