"Adulkid": The Accelerating Evolution of Homo Consumens

The adage that “children will be children” may not hold true in South Korea. Adding to the pressures faced by kids to excel in academics and god knows what else, a new social trend revolves around the concept of “adulkid,” aimed at making children look and behave like adults. At Seoul Fashion Week last fall, children who looked as young as five or six were posing in trendy clothes more suitable for adults. A camera-wielding crowd — “street photographers” who take pictures of fashionable people