In “Goodbye to All That,” Joan Didion writes that the “lesson” of her story is that “it is distinctly possible to remain too long at the Fair.” What does she mean? How does the final section of the essay portray how she came to this understanding, her feelings about it, and the consequences of it?

In "Goodbye to All That" by Joan Didion, the lesson she is trying to communicate to the readers as she wrote "it is distinctly possible to remain too long at the Fair." is when someone is comfortable at a state of his life and takes time to get ready to push through with the future, it is okay. She is trying to say that "it's okay to move at your own pace".

i would say it means that you're never alone, that there will always be people supporting me and showing me that they care for me and love me

explanation:

the central idea is basically saying that juveniles that have committed a crime will not have the same consequences as the   adults that have. they will have a softer punishment than what the adults have that is harsh in some ways.