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In the United States, a child becomes an adult legally when they turn 18 years old. However, “adults” can mean different things when you ask different people. Let's find out what it means to become an adult according to parents, the law, and science.
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Read More »By: Pamela Li is a bestselling author. She is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Parenting For Brain. Her educational background is in Electrical Engineering (MS, Stanford University) and Business Management (MBA, Harvard University). Learn more In parents’ eyes | According to the law | According to science | The change in social aspects of adulthood In the United States, a child becomes an adult legally when they turn 18 years old. However, “adults” can mean different things when you ask different people. Let’s find out what it means to become an adult according to parents, the law, and science. For many parents, though, there’s always the question of “when do kids become adults?” For some, a cursory internet search on state and local laws may suffice as an answer. For others, however, the idea that there is an age limit to childhood and a clean line in the sand for one’s entry into adulthood is a hard sell. Most parents anticipate their child’s transition into adulthood with a mix of emotions, including pride, hope, fear, and trepidation. And as time passes, many will say their roles and responsibility of adulthood are ever-changing. New parents will always be found standing close by, waiting patiently to catch their children when they fall. As kids continue on to adolescence, parents stand at the sidelines (literally and figuratively), guiding their child from a safe but comfortable distance. Eventually, the day will come when kids go off into the world to live their lives using all the life skills they’ve learned from their parents through the years. The truth is adulthood—true adulthood is far more nuanced than you might think. If we look through the eyes of the law for an answer, adult life starts when they are deemed competent enough to do certain things and participate in their society and government. In the United States, the age of legal adulthood is 18 years old. However, young people can drive at 16 and join the military at 18. And they only reach the legal drinking and voting age upon their 21st birthday. Many would argue that there’s a terrible disconnect with some of these numbers. For example, an 18-year-old can join the military, but they don’t have the legal rights to vote for the government representatives who uphold The Constitution they’ve taken an oath to defend. Or, an 18-year old can go off to world war, but they cannot legally have a beer or a glass of wine. In Europe, including the United Kingdom, however, things are a bit different. While the age of majority is still 18 in most countries, young people can also drink at age 18, and for many countries, 18 is also the age when one can legally vote. Interestingly, in some countries, there are special circumstances where the age requirements are different for some individuals. For example, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the legal age to vote is 18; however, if a young person is employed at 16, they can vote. Some may say that stands to reason. If you’re old enough to pay taxes, you should be old enough to have a say in the government that levies those taxes. While the law says one thing (at age 18 you’re legally considered an adult), science sheds some light on our brain’s inner workings to show us why adulthood is not a simple matter of age.
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Read More »Three to four decades ago, the usual rites of passage for adult children were financial independence, marriage, having children, or buying a new home. But within the last few decades, these milestones are simply out of reach for many and being put off entirely for one reason or another. Without these benchmarks to concretely mark the transition, it’s more and more difficult for young people to think of themselves as adults, and it’s equally hard for their parents as well. It’s worth noting here, too, that if we only look at these rites of passage as the definitive markers of adulthood, the definition would still be all over the place. Things like race, ethnicity, gender, and social class also play a key role in the timing of these milestones.
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