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Yes I agree, which is probably why we should treat 18-year olds more as children than adults (although obviously they are in-between the two). Brains continue t

• danaris 11mo ago
  Brains continue to develop through our whole lives. The study that appeared to show them stopping development at 25 did not have any participants older than 25. The difference between an 18-year-old and a 24-year-old is much more comparable to the difference between a 24-year-old and a 30-year-old. We should be treating teenagers much more as adults-in-training, in the sense of meaningfully giving them the tools to succeed as adults, rather than treating them like pure innocent children who must be sheltered from absolutely everything hard, scary, or taboo. However, as it stands we generally do not do that—hence, in this case, she was indeed a child, and should have been given compassion, better tools, and better chances, not locked up.
  • hulitu 11mo ago
    > Brains continue to develop through our whole lives. After 50 years, they seem to decline.
• wtcactus 11mo ago
  So, people should only be allowed to drink and to vote at 25? (And probably also drive, it always stuck us in Europe pretty weird you allow minors to drive in the USA as the car can be a very lethal tool).
• foobarchu 11mo ago
  The brain does not fully develop until 25, 18 is simply one of many thresholds where we've decided (in the US) to start officially transitioning children into adulthood. Others include 14-16 (driving), 21 (drinking), and 25 (car rental). So if 17 can't be called a child, what can? You have to draw the completely arbitrary like somewhere. Do you chose the legal 18 (in the US)? The Hebrew 13? Some other metric?
  • arresin 11mo ago
    25. You said it yourself