[ hobbits grow, but not in the same way as a human might. there's the raising of families, the responsibility of their lands and housing--and what every hobbit assumes to be a peaceful, uninterfered with existence. or if you were a baggins, a life of adventure that would end in peaceful days. ]

One never truly knows what waits for them when they are older. When a hobbit goes past their tweens into adulthood--there are more expectations. Usually hobbits had little need of worrying over anything--our home was always peaceful.
[ quietly ]
As it stands now, the world is not so peaceful. There are dangers that extend even to the peaceful folk--concerns everyone. I would rather there be more who wished to be a child with such days.

Sometimes--I think I'd like to go back to those days, myself.