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Barbie Bilo (Edison): What Makes an Adult?
In our country, you are mostly considered a legal adult at age 18. However, no one believes that at 12:00 am on your eighteenth birthday you are suddenly equipped to handle your life entirely alone. However, some individuals seem to reach a level of perceived maturity way before they reach that milestone. Science will tell us that the brain fully matures somewhere between 20 and 30 years of age for most people. But how often do we see someone who obviously has some work to do on their maturity? The truth is everyone has a slightly different view of what an adult is so how can we simply say that at 18 you are an adult? Should there be some kind of test to standardize adulthood too?
What is an adult to you?
10. August 2010 at 01:43
that is true by law become an adult is when you became 18 years old, but cognitive there some people we were shoulding even declare them as an adult by the way they are acting, and physically they are not handicap, they have a poor responsability and we have in another case someone not even 18 years old yet but they have a maturity that is very high and capable of during a lot of stuff.
I was thinking before they declare someone an adult they should have a test to see how that persone is reacting and than pronounce if is an adult or not, i think people that realy need to be an adult will react in a different way of matter, they should make it like they are a pass driving licence an if they cut in their life during someting bad they will pay for that.
10. August 2010 at 22:27
Yes it is true people mature at a different rate. Also, the law does state at 18 youre legally an adult. Would it be fair to say one shouldnt be an adult until they are fully matured? I believe not because it is scientifically proven that males mature at a slower rate than women. I feel that once you reach 18 you are an adult and that is how it should be. However do we endanger those who are not fully mature by charging them as an adult? Yes we do which is taken into account in some cases
11. August 2010 at 21:23
This is true. Some people do mature at different ages. I know in my household you are not considered an adult until you leave the house, have your own responsibilities and know how to choose right decisions. But in other households it is different. People mature basically at their own rate. Also, it may be the surroundings too. Because if you hang around older people who are more wise then more than likely you will be more mature as oppose to if you hang around a whole bunch of little kids who are not fully developed mentally than you will probably less mature then the average people who are your age.