It's very interesting here in the USA how some laws and rules seem to be passed without much thought either from the people who proposed the law or the people voting on the law.
Let's take for example who's considered an "adult" here in the USA. Once a person reaches 18 he or she is considered an "adult." Once reaching this age you can move out the confinements or protection (depending on your point of view) of your parent's home and live on your own. You are free to make your own decisions and do what you want (within legal limits) or are you "free"?
If you are under 21 you cannot buy any alcoholic beverages. If you are under 21 you cannot gamble or enter a casino gaming floor. If you are under 21 and still attending school full-time and still living at home, most medical insurance companies will let your parents keep you on their medical plan. If you are under 21, living at home and attending school full-time and your parents are divorced your father (in most cases) may be required to pay child support to your mother until your 21 or you cease being a full-time student. If you are under 21 there are actually hotels here in the USA that will **not** allow you to rent a room from them until you are 21 or you have a 21 year old in the room with you.
It's all very confusing. Didn't the law state that at 18 people are "adults"? The Webster Dictionary main definition for an adult is:
1: adult: fully developed and mature: Grown-Up
How interesting that the definition of "adult"
When a person turn 18 in most states they are considered adults under law and have most of the same rights and responsibilities as all other American adults. Their new rights include being able to vote, gamble, buy cigarettes, acquire guns, sign contracts, view adult material, get married, make a will, make their own medical choices and much more. With these newly acquired rights comes the burden of additional responsibilities and consequences.
Upon turning eighteen you are considered to be legal adult and receive all of the responsibilities that accompany the title. At the age of eighteen year olds you receive and are expected to use the rights and responsibilities to vote, serve on juries, get married, sign contracts, join the military--which includes taking on the responsibilities of life and death--and be prosecuted as an adults in the court of law along with many other things. In 1984, the national government raised the drinking age from 18 to 21. Mothers Against Drunk Driving was a key contributing organization that influenced the change in the minimum drinking age. While there are arguments for both sides, it is said that if the national minimum legal drinking age is
When I was young I was told 18 would be the age when I would become an adult. When I turned 18 I could get a tattoo or piercing without permission, I could buy cigarettes, and I did not need permission for most everything. Most everything except drinking alcohol. In the United States the drinking age is 21 years old, 4 years after a teenager legally turns into an adult.
Turning 18 years means that a person has become a responsible adult. Thus one receives the rights and responsibilities of an adult which includes; taking responsible of life and death, be prosecuted as an adult, can join the army, sign contracts and the right to vote amongst others. All these shows that at 18 a person can do all the things that a 21 years person can
considered to be an adult at this age. When you are 18 you have the right to vote, get
When you turn 18, you consider an adult. You can vote, donate your own blood, buy your own property, buy guns, get a tattoo without parental consent, and can get prosecuted as an adult. Yet you can’t walk into your kitchen and drink a beer in United States at 18. All of this doesn't make sense considering that Civilrights.org explains how the 26th amendment sets precedence for adults in the United States to make their own decisions, but by have the drinking 21 we are not following this amendment.
as young as thirteen are sentenced as juveniles to life in prison without parole. Americans today
Around 41 percent of Americans have been arrested at least once before the age of 23. That’s 9 percent away from being half of the United States. These children that get into trouble may not even realize their consequences for their doings, not realizing how serious things can get. Who are theses kids that make these poor choices? Should the children that commit violent crimes be tried as adults?
At the age of 18 one is no longer considered an adolescent. At the age of 18 one has the right to vote. At the age of 18 one has the right to enlist in the military. At the age of 18 one may be called to serve jury duty. At the age of 18 one has the privilege to sign papers without parental consent. At the age of 18 one is considered an adult. But not completely. At the age of 18 one still cannot purchase or consume alcohol legally in the US. Lowering the national drinking age in the US will normalize alcohol by eliminating the thrill of breaking the law, decrease unsafe drinking activity, and will allow one to fully become an adult.
In the last part of the 18th century, children under the age of seven were regarded as being incapable of
First, kids are expected to follow laws that they may think are crazy and strongly disagree with, and have absolutely no say in the laws. “People under 18 are expected to follow adult laws and experience adult consequences if they don’t do so. In every state, it’s possible for a case to be
Young children should be tried in court for committing a crime because they have the mentality to commit a crime, then a child should face the consequences. Besides a child should not be thinking about committing a crime or thinking about any violences either. Many children are abusing the punishment for children because they think they are not old enough so they will be fine with it.
The law recognizes that children under 18 aren't emotionally or physically ready to handle the responsibility attached to legal activities. The law implements ages of majority designed to define when a person has the ability to exercise his or her rights responsibly. These usually vary by state, but they govern everything from the right to drive to the right to marry. Amendment 14 recognizes this also by giving parents the right to raise their children as they want as long as there is no
In every state, eighteen-year olds are legally permitted to drive, live as they choose, and work where they choose. Eighteen-year olds pay taxes as other adults do, are subject to all criminal and civil laws, and are punished, jailed and even executed for crimes they might commit against such laws. They are also permitted to hold most local, state and federal government public offices, and can sponsor and pass new laws if elected. Again, the only exception to complete adult
Each year 250,000 juveniles are tried, sentenced, or incarcerated as adults across the United States of America. This sounds like something that would never happen in America where freedom, rights, and fairness are all valued so highly. In reality it is happening all the time, all across the country. As juveniles, children and teens are not thinking about the effects on the actions they execute in their childhood could eventually have on their adult life. To other people America may seem like a great place to be during a time of youth, but in reality America's children who have committed these minor and foolish crimes could be spending their life in prison. Being placed in unsafe facilities, that are essentially unsupervised or not at all during most times, with adult criminals who have committed serious, and sometimes dangerous offences. Juveniles should not be tried as adults because it violates the 8th amendment, a child's brain is to underdeveloped, and lastly, it empowers them to commit more crimes.