Facing down crises has always been a measure of reaching adulthood. How a youth responds to peril, especially when they display courage in challenging circumstances, is the line that is crossed to gauge maturity.
Rites of passage vary among cultures but the one aim they usually share is the acquisition of skills needed to provide for and raise a family. Historically, the skills included proficiency with tools used for these purposes such as knives, spears, hoes, picks and axes to hunt, farm, mine and log. Or, on the homemaking side of family needs are mastering the skills of preparing and storing food, clothing construction and training children.