The Age of Responsibility is a really hard topic to discuss. Around the U.S. we have many different ages that determine adulthood. This needs to be discussed about to determine the age of adulthood for all states here in the U.S. because we have so many that we don’t even know what the age of adulthood is anymore. The age of adulthood should be at 21 years old. Why I believe this is the age of adulthood is that we’ve obtained laws at the age of 18 but later matured and adapted to them by the age of 21. But people might say we’ve not matured until the age of 25. According to the author Alan Greenblatt of What is the Age of Responsibility states that “The fact that every person is different and develops at his own pace doesn't make the creation …show more content…
Neuroscientists are clear about that different parts of the brain mature along different timetables.What this means is that many do not reach this at the age of 25 but most people are capable of doing this between the age of 16 and 21. This is important because this proves that scientific research doesn’t always prove that the age of 25 is when we are adults because of our brain or maturity is fully developed there. My point on this part to me seems to be proved because even scientific research always determine …show more content…
At 18 you are beginning to become an adult but later gain more responsibilities as a 21 year old later and handle the drinking age. 18-teen is still part of the teen era and has many more responsibilities to come but after 21 it’s pretty much done. 18 is not yet the drinking age but many 18 year olds in the U.S.have done under age drinking. According to Jack McCardell a former president of Middlebury College in Vermont, points to surveys showing that upwards of 90 percent of young people have had drinks or gotten drunk before turning
In the United States of America the drinking age is 21 which was instituted with the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed on July 17, 1984. Before 1984 the national drinking age was 18. This is the age when U.S citizens are considered legal adults at the age of eighteen I could hypothetically go out vote, get married, join the army and buy a lottery ticket all in one day. On this same day I could also get caught driving while intoxicated, and then be arrested and tried as an adult in the court of
The age of responsibility should not be an age such as 18, 16 or 21 because everybody is different and matures at different ages. One’s true responsibility should be when they are at an age where they are fully developed in the brain and mature enough to make their own decisions without an adult. It needs to be a time where they can handle the rights that they are given in adulthood and use them wisely and maturely. Young people have been relying on their parents for their whole lives and some when they leave the house cannot make the right
Some examples that shows that one is responsible is when they have a job, a companionship, and are financially stable. Establishing connections within the world is important so one can have things they become responsible for. Being able to accomplish something from by one’s word shows their maturity in many scenarios. In my opinion, showing the obligation to acquire something is the most relevant when determining one’s consideration of adulthood. An adult is responsible for their own choices and are aware that their decisions can affect other people around them. The ability to balance out priorities like family, friends, work or school can be difficult but hitting the age of adulthood brings reason into a person. If a person is acknowledged to be responsible in another person’s point of view, it is most likely right to consider them as an adult despite of legal “laws” or accepted
There are many different regulations and strategies which are used to safeguard young adults and one of these strategies is the recruitment of staff and preventing people who may harm vulnerable people from getting assess to them. for example, the adults barred list. The is a list of people which either has a high risk of harming others or a probable risk of harming others. The people on the list are barred from working in health and social care settings and around vulnerable people. There are many different places where information is received from and this may include the police, courts, or health and social services. all this information is used to decide whether they are at risk of harming vulnerable people in order to decide whether they
All the evidence shows that most people become responsible at the age 18. Like in Alan Greenblatt’s “What is the age of responsibility?” tells us how even bad guys are treated like responsible adults at the age 18. Also in Catherine Rampell’s “How old is old enough?” states that the whole world believes 18 is generally the age people become responsible. She also says that 18 year olds were able to vote because of their responsibilities they had on the battlefield. Looking at this I believe that 18 years old is the age at which people become responsible for their
On the other hand, adults aged 18 have their own rights to make a decision to whether consume alcohol or not. For example, once children turn 18 years old, they are mature enough to make their own decisions. Cloud states, “After all, in almost every other legal and cultural respect, you’re an adult at 18. You can vote, adopt children, sign up for Iraq or become a commercial pilot at 18. Treating alcohol differently helps turns it into a holy grail of adulthood.” (Cloud). Although, in the United States, 18 years o...
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 dropped back to eighteen many lives would be saved, colleges will have better retention as well as turn out rates of high school graduates, and it could repeal or alter a counterproductive law. The minimum legal drinking age should be lowered back down to the age of eighteen and those who wish to drink should be required to take classes to attain a drinking license upon completing the class in a satisfactory manner.
Many people argue that 18 is the age of adulthood, and that adults should have the right to make decisions about alcohol consumption, but the facts prove otherwise. A study by the US Department of Human Health
Due to increases in many cases of young irresponsibility it has without a doubt, kids should be classified as adults at age 25. Others have to care because this is our new generation, you are new generation to become the worst generation. As stated the brain achieves full maturity in the early 20's or mid-20's. Also kids driving when the brain is still in progress of maturing could have an effect on their thought process. If no action is taken we have seen many tragedies involving kids and it could get even worse if we can't take
Dr. Edwin Louis Cole, once said, “Maturity doesn’t come with age; it comes with acceptance of responsibility.” Analyzing his statement, we have to take into consideration, what defines an adult? The age of responsibility, for a long time, have been a very controversial and contradicting topic. Although there is a big debate on what the age of responsibility should be, I believe people should be considered responsible at the age of twenty or older. This is because they have more real world experience, their brain is closer to being fully developed, and they have a bigger sense of who they are.
If a child was to hurt themselves you could explain RICE to them (Rest Ice Compression and Elevation)
In the society that we live in today there are laws and restrictions that we have to abide by to maintain order and safety. The Government set age restrictions for many things such as driving, voting, drinking, gambling, films/games, marriage, sex and work but the question that many people ask is why do we need them and are they really necessary? There are positives and negatives to age restrictions as they are there to keep you safe however they control our actions we do in life and when we do them. However, there are many levels of maturity, whether these are right or wrong is a personal opinion. There is no possible way to measure maturity when there are so many contradictions within the law.
Many citizens, young or old, have been arguing about which would be the appropriate age of maturity. A numberous amount of high school students at the age of 16 or above have the rights to learn how to drive. By the time they reach the age of 18, the United States legally classifies them as adults and gain access of what most adults can do and what minors couldn't. That is, drinking is still considered restricted to anyone under the age 21. Any person that has finally reach the becoming of a matured and responsible individual should be considered to drink or drive, as they are more capable of containing their actions.
My attendance in high school was not as high as my teachers may have wanted it to be. I found myself yearning for more and finishing my work too quickly. When I went I tried to soak up as much as I could but it wasn’t really until my college courses that I found that knowledge I wanted and regained a strong desire to attend class. While I have never missed classes unless terribly sick, I have been tardy a handful of times. Since honestly is the best policy I cannot fail to ignore that. Sometimes I was not on time due to work other times I simply left the house later than I expected to. It was not enough times to cause a problem, but it definitely has made me more aware of my punctuality.
Becoming an adult, also known as young adulthood, is a very crucial stage in one’s life. This is the climax of physical and health processes. This is the point in life when we make plans of our futures. It is the time when we think of what life will be like as an adult and make plans for the future. Most importantly, it is when we lay the starting point for developmental changes that we will undergo throughout our lives. An adult is a person who is fully grown or developed. Some people believe that you become an adult when you are 18 years old, other believe you are an adult when you can legally buy and consume alcohol, that is, at age 21 in the United States. Others believe that you are an adult when you are supporting yourself