The Peter Pan syndrome - ever since Barrie's famous book of the same name, Peter Pan was an idol for most boys who didn't want to grow up to responsibilities and have to face adult problems in the real world. A world where not everything could be fixed by the mother's kisses and where daddy's walking into a room did not make you feel like everything would now be alright.

I, however, would like to pay tribute to the less known (in fact, as far as I know, just invented) Wendy Syndrome. Wendy, the narrator of the story of Peter Pan, is taken to Neverland where, of her own good sense, chooses to leave Neverland for the real world. In other words: not to run and remain a child forever, but to face the world by leaving, albeit with a heavy heart, her wonderland behind and facing up to the difficult task of growing up and becoming an adult. Here's to the heroine and a syndrome worth spreading!