SORAS

Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome (SORAS) is a term used to describe soap opera characters who were aged faster than excepted. The process is done to allow for more character development, and it allows the writers to develop new storylines for the character.

History
The practice of rapidly aging characters dates back to the early years of television soap opera, it goes back as far as the 1960s, starting on The Bold and the Beautiful in the '90s.

Examples of aging in The Bold and the Beautiful

 * Bridget Forrester was born in 1992, but in 1997 she had been SORAS-ed to a teenager, and by 2000 she was an adult.
 * Steffy Forrester & Phoebe Forrester were born in 1999, but throughout the years they were already children and were SORAS-ed to a teenager in 2005, and were later adults in 2008.
 * Hope Logan was born in 2002, by 2004 she was already a child and by 2010 she was a teenager, nearly an adult.
 * Aly Forrester was born in 2004, and by 2006 she was a grade-school child, and was later SORAS-ed to a teenager in 2013.