If I Take An Age To Be Forever Young

What age do you want to start making decisions for yourself? When do you want to finally grow up and be an adult? At age 18, you should be considered an adult. By now you can make your own decisions and grow up. When your 18 you have more freedom and more responsibility. You change from relying so much on your parents, to relying on yourself.

Have people ever told you that you are very mature for your age or that you have an old soul? If the answer is yes then you know the struggle of growing up too fast. Even though someone may tell you “your very mature for your age” may sound like a complement but to me it’s not. From a young age I remember being the kid never outside always in the house reading, writing, cleaning, and taking care of myself even when my mother, aunts, cousins, and grandma were home. I was forced to grow up faster than a child should during their childhood and teen years.

First of all, 21 is an appropriate age to be an adult because of the facts showing how the human brain doesn’t develop completely until one reaches their 20’s. A quote from “At What Age Is The Brain Fully Developed” states, “Although brain development is subject to significant individual

For instance, the normal age of adulthood: eighteen, which was once twenty-one according to Alan Greenblatt “Aristotle wrote of 21 as the age when a person would have completed three 7-year stages of youth development [...] because that’s when men were capable of wearing a full suit of armor” (Par. 7). Also what he mentioned was that during the twentieth century was that due to eighteen year olds joining the military to fight in World War II, they also began to start raising their own families, which since then became known as the milestone of adulthood. Unfortunately the rite of this milestone clearly wasn’t a good choice as several people nowadays disobey laws such as the drinking age, resulting in more injuries and deaths caused by drinking and driving. Not to mention that due to the fact that the brain isn’t biologically developed fully until the age of twenty-five, eighteen year olds tend to make the silly and illogical mistakes they made as

I believe maturity is not dependent on a person’s age because humans are affected by different situations, are different genders and are raised differently.

Everyone has to grow up eventually, some just tend to take it better more than others, it could be the fear or gaining more responsibility or the fact that getting older means that your parents are too and with your old age comes their time to go, the fear of not being ready or prepared for what life has to offer you and you being on your own to find out

16-19 years | This is the stage where young people become young adults, and are often at the peak of their physical performance. Almost all girls will have reached physical maturity, boys will continue to mature into their mid-20 's. | By the time they have left school they will be thinking about their pathway for their career, whether it involves college or university. | Young people enter adulthood but still require advise and guidance from adults. They will lack experience and individuals will vary in emotional maturity and the way

In the magazine article "What Is It About 20-Somethings," Robin Marantz Henig discussed the stagnant transcendence of adolescents into adulthood with society and economy evolve to accomodate people's needs. Most make it into the realm of adulthood once they surpass these milestones: "completing school, leaving home, becoming financially independent, marrying and having a child". However, some linger in a new stage called the "emerging adulthood," where they spend more time than others to explore their identity and to develop "sense of possibilities". Causes for the delay include cultural expectation, dependence on parents, change in hierarchy of needs, and adolescent brain development. And as a result, society become uncertain whether to extend

I do not believe that age has anything to do with maturity. I believe that the experiences someone has makes them mature;in addition, I also believe that what a person has been through has a lot to do with it.

Further, bringing up a valid point that in our American culture, everything wished to be attained is graduated and usually costs money. We want a license? We must first gain our permit. We want to drink at a bar with our friends? No you have to wait till 21,but in the mean you can first enjoy a cigarette, which have many many toxins that can kill you and causes many different cancers(Quit Smoking Support). You may be what the world calls a young adult but you are still

You never really know when your grown up. Your decisions and maturity will just slowly change. Its different ages for everyone because it all depends what your raised up with or what happens while your coming of age. Bobby had to grow up early because he had a kid early. As Bobby comes of age his decisions mature and he becomes more wise.

In my opinion, i think this because when you are younger some kids are immature, this means that kids would be childish towards something or someone. My first example is when you get older and you have a family and kids, you don’t horseplay in the stores like you did when you were younger, you have to be mature and act like an adult. Another reason is when you get older you have to think of the people around you and think of their needs and wants of other people around that will help you cultivate a reputation as a mature and respectful individual. My last reason to support my second reason is when you get older and you have a family you can't drink, and go to parties and come home late all drunk and be abusive to your wife or kids. That reason is being immature and not taking responsibility for your actions. You need to think before you do, think of what an adult would do, not what a jerk would

The drinking age should stay at 21 for many reasons. First off, the brain is not fully developed until at least 25, alcohol can cause the prefrontal cortex to not develop completely causing irreversible damage, meaning one will never be able to fully control their judgement or weigh risks and consequences. “Criminal justice experts estimate that at least 75-80% of defendants involved in felony crimes or

Looking back now, I wish I had listened to my mom's advice earlier than just my last year of high school. Senior year basically hit me like a brick. I started to miss how life used to be. I want to be hanging out with my friends. Going on random food trips and even just doing what I wanted in that exact moment. If I wanted some ice cream, why wouldn’t I just drive myself right away?

There are many reasons why I would pick to stay at 25 such as still being at that age where you can still enjoy yourself and make your own decisions at the same time. Many people wouldn't like to be this age for a long time because it seems like a lot of responsibility and decisions but I would. If you were to go any higher in age all the responsibility would be on you, but at 25 its right in the middle. Another