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an 18-year old is not a child.
by b20000 4y ago
an 18-year old is not a child.
- etaioinshrdlu 4y agoYou haven't met a lot of 18 year old from the last couple generations. Regardless of reasons, there appears to be a huge deficit of "growing up" in a large fraction of modern 18 year olds. Looking back, I was pretty much not where I should have been at age 18 either.
- Rayhem 4y ago> Looking back, I was pretty much not where I should have been at age 18 either. I offer no conclusion and intend no oblique subtext, but is it not equally valid to suggest that, historically, we have expected too much of eighteen year olds? Particularly since we now know human brains don't usually "set" until the mid to late twenties.
- cvccvroomvroom 4y agoBoth sets of my grandparents were adults by 16. One set were starving Dust Bowl refugees who their parents could afford to feed (think modern day Somalia). The other had terrible foster and actual parents they had to escape. When times are easy and in the absence of challenges, people people rarely mature as quickly or develop grit.
- b20000 4y agoso you are going to micromanage your kids?
- eurasiantiger 4y agoDepends. I know many in their 40s who are definitely more of a child than some are forced to be adults at 15.
- cvccvroomvroom 4y agoThe ones in the US now are often children until 26 or so. YMMV. I speak from extensive experience interacting with college and non college graduates across the generational ranges (21 to 60+) in professional and personal settings. Also, including people from Western and Eastern Europe, India, and China.