What's the biggest misconception adolescents have regarding adulthood?

that you can just do anything you want whenever you want

which, may be technically true, it's no where near what you imagine it to be

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someone asked me today and it got my wheels spinning?

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That work will be better and easier than school

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What's the biggest misconception adolescents have regarding adulthood?

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the money you earn is yours

I thought I would be buying everything name brand, getting the nicest stuff, etc. Then I realized all the bills I have to pay and I'm more worried about filling my 401k than buying a jetski or something ridiculous like that.

Not being able to comprehend that as an adult you are responsible for everything. And no more summers.

ETA: unless you become a teacher

Not sure if this is on point, or is a way to word the answer, but anyway, I distinctly remember my parents laughing their asses off at me when, after working a month or so at my first "real" job, I made the comment "damn, I now know why older folks got so pumped over Friday's."

The Money tree is fiction and consequences are fact...............

That they are immediately entitled to a similar standard of living that their parents worked a few decades to achieve?

That they've been running through a maze designed for the benefit of the maze creators, not the maze runners. And while that maze can have positive outcomes for you, you need to poke around and see if you're better off making your own path.

i would say money. specifically the idea that when you're an adult you can automatically get a job that pays enough to afford whatever you want. i know lots of people who grew up in pretty affluent households that got out of college thinking they're immediately going to buy a brand new lexus and a 2500 square foot house. lol.

some actually do it though, because they feel like they deserve it. maybe they're fine, but i think a lot of them wind up overextending themselves because they feel like they "need" a new car, house, etc. very few people can walk out of college and get a job that pays for all that crap.