Are we keeping kids "kids" for too long?
Should the age of majority be lowered to 16? The age to vote, enter contracts, purchase alcohol and all other rights and duties of adulthood.
Please state why or why not and what you think the pros and cons would be.
no, at 18, people are more or less mature adults, so they should be able to drink, vote etc.
Are we keeping kids "kids" for too long?
Should the age of majority be lowered to 16? The age to vote, enter contracts, purchase alcohol and all other rights and duties of adulthood.
Please state why or why not and what you think the pros and cons would be.
Yes, the age of majority should be lowered to sixteen. At least.
Even in this thread we have seen the peril of raising it further. Now we are talking about eighteen year olds as children and raising the age of full adulthood even further. They are justifying this by claiming the brain is not fully developed into later in the 20s.
When does it stop?
Actually their brain does not finish developing until they are in their 20s.
Science News for Kids: Feature: Teen Brains, Under Construction
then should we be able to disenfranchise eldery people who's brain function is not up to scratch, or people with learning disorders and brain injury?
Thats a good question and one that I do not have a ready answer for because usually old people have a lifetime of experience they can act on even if they do some have some inability while children do not. I am not sure how that would weigh out.
Are we keeping kids "kids" for too long?
Should the age of majority be lowered to 16? The age to vote, enter contracts, purchase alcohol and all other rights and duties of adulthood.
Please state why or why not and what you think the pros and cons would be.
18 is the age at which most people finish high school and/or start college. So it makes sense to keep it there. Having it any younger is kind of pointless, since they will almost certainly still be reliant on and living with their parents, and not have much opportunity not to be without dropping out of school.
Most kids attend college. They're still dependent upon their parents for well into their twenties.
Are we keeping kids "kids" for too long?
Should the age of majority be lowered to 16? The age to vote, enter contracts, purchase alcohol and all other rights and duties of adulthood.
Please state why or why not and what you think the pros and cons would be.
If you're living in my house, living off my earnings, guess what? I get to tell you what to do. Don't like it? There's the door...
no, at 18, people are more or less mature adults, so they should be able to drink, vote etc.
Actually in the military if you're caught drinking underage you get NJP'd. It's bull**** too. The base enforces the state drinkng age on base.
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