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It seems to me that its largely due to the fact that our society doesn't let you do anything until you are 18, sometimes 19. For example, when my parents were t
by aceofspades19 16y ago
It seems to me that its largely due to the fact that our society doesn't let you do anything until you are 18, sometimes 19. For example, when my parents were teenagers, you could get your full drivers license at 16, now in British Columbia, you get your learners license at 16, your 'N' at 17 and you don't get your full drivers
license until you are 19.
Also in British Columbia, you can't rent an apartment without someone signing for it until you are 19. So its hard for someone to grow up until they are in their late 20s because they are used to society protecting them until such a late age and then when it is time for them to move out etc. they don't know what to do with themselves
because they haven't been able to learn what to do when they are on their own.
So if our society wasn't so over-protective, people would be growing up faster, but instead we are treating them like children until they
are almost 20.
- elai 16y agoI wouldn't say protective vs more holding you back. People don't want to sign contracts with minors because minors do not have to hold their side of the contract and it's been like that legally for a long time.
- aceofspades19 16y agoSo thats why you make legal age something sane so people who are currently "minors" but are actually 18(or whatever age is best) can move out and grow up. I mean really, people in British Columbia, who are 18, can be charged as an adult and can enter the military but they can't get a credit card? I don't know what the situation is like in other areas, but in BC, at least, its insane!
- simonsarris 16y agoHow common is 18/19? I know Massachusetts has some permit system. In New Hampshire everyone that can get their drivers license does so on the day of their 16th birthday. It's like a rite of passage. There are no learning licenses or permits or anything, but you are allowed to drive with a parent at 15 and a half.
- ww520 16y agoAnecdote time. For two summers while in high school, I joined the Youth Conservation Corps, basically living away from home the whole time working in the fields and national parks. I was like 14 and 15. Great times. Got paid working while in camp for two summers. Yeah my parents worried but they let me go anyway. Young people can do a lot of things if you let them.