Many adults and some of my classmates have dismissed my thoughts on higher level thinking such as philosophical ideas, spirituality and politics, because I am said to be too young to comprehend what they are discussing. Age has been an excuse to let children slack off in school work or other aspects of life. Age should not be used as a description but as reminder of the years God has granted you to tell the world about his great love. “There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.” ― Sophia Loren.…
Every single person in the world whether they were alive 100 years ago or are alive today, have or will go through that stage of growing up and becoming an adult. Lizabeth from the story Marigolds is an example of this. In the story, as a teenager, she goes through three situations that many teens today go through as they slowly mature. These three situations are family matters, seeing people as they really are,and uncontrollable emotional outbursts. Lizabeth goes through these problems as she matures through the story, and so do teens as they mature during their lifetimes.…
Explain your response: I consider myself an adult in some ways because I am breaking away from my family; I live on my own. As a young adult, I have developed post-formal thinking; according to Perry, I have moved from the dualistic thought to relativistic thought. For example, I am an adult when arguing with my mother, and I just let her say anything she has to say instead of being egocentric. I understand arguing will not take us anywhere. I am in this predicament with my mother, and I no longer think about what is the right or wrong answer. I am more understanding of her way of thinking or where she comes from thus balancing my emotions with reasoning like an adult. In some ways, I do not consider myself an adult because I have not fully taken the responsibilities of an adult. I still depend on my parents for financial support and advice so not quite yet fitting into the adult role.…
According to Dr. Seuss quote “adults are merely obsolete children.” Adults are children in a sense that they don’t mentally mature but physically also they don’t forget how to act and occasionally display behavior expected of children. What exactly is an adult and how would someone know he/she is an adult? People would normally consider a person an adult if he/she can take care of themselves but they don’t take characteristics into consideration. Let's take father for example, this man has bills to pay and mouths to feed. Before leaving for work he sits down and watches Saturday morning cartoons with his children. As he watches his little boy and girl smile and laugh at Perry the platypus thwarting Dr. Doofenshmirtz latest ridiculous scheme; he can't help but smile and look back fondly at his memories of the Pink Panther, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, and other lovable and timeless characters. I for one agree with Dr. Seuss’s claim because I believe that as adults we have the mental capacity to mature, but our childish thoughts and desires prevent us from doing so . Adults are obsolete children in the sense that they don’t forget that they were once children; adults started as children not adults so they will always have that childish background and will always know how to act and display behavior typically expected of children.…
Adults have a self-concept of being responsible for their own decisions, for their own lives. Once they have arrived at the self-concept, they develop a deep psychological need to be seen by others and treated by others as being capable of self-direction.…
People never seem to quite understand the meaning of being an “adult”. I myself am not very sure of the full meaning of it. It has always seemed to me that age is irrelevant. You can be 12 and understand things better than a 30-year-old or you can be 40, have two PhD’s and still wonder if pigeons are migratory birds. Many people my age think that getting out of their parents’ house is an act of maturity but how does changing your situation prove that you are an “adult”? If they run away from home it is more likely to lose themselves trying to cope alone and underprepared with the difficulties in life. To become an adult you must achieve a separate identity. Still everyone perceives the world and every thought in it through their own consciousness.…
On the plane, it hit me for the first time how many adults are with us. We had nearly the whole plane to ourselves, but there were no concentrations of kids, just a homogenous mix. Why do we so often distinguish between kids and adults? Is there a real line, or, as society, is it just a continuum? Age in families is generational and hierarchical, but society is now an even distribution. In fact, on this trip there are “adults” closer in age to the kids than to the other adults, yet we treat them as adults—for example, Rachel Alade. They all have some maturity, some rite of passage that clearly sets them apart—it doesn't seem to be just convention because they actually do act differently. I guess Grand Tour is supposed to be one of those rites of passage for Rockbridge students. I imagine that college and your first job are others. So are stay-at-home moms who get married right out of high school somehow different? Or has the legal age enforced maturity on us all? Should that even be allowed for the government to do? I think perhaps…
First of all, many teenagers want to be grown up too quickly. They should enjoy being young and having fun while they can. Teenagers should participate in age specific activities. This will help them develop skills appropriate to they’re age that will help them later in life. They should always respect their elders and try to learn as much from them as they can. They’re elders are smarter than they may think.…
Some people may believe that when you turn 18 you become an adult because you can vote. However, kids aren’t really an adult until their brain fully matures. Meaning that, kids don’t become adults because all parts of their brain aren’t at their max capacity and intelligence level. The more mature a child's brain is the smarter decisions they will make in the future. At the age 18, a person’s brain is not fully matured, which means that their decision making still isn’t up to par, or in other words…
Nowadays, Young people are often mistreated and disrespected simply because they are young. Adults usually put their influence and authority without regard for the experiences, feeling, or opinions of youth. “This form of social control, coupled with the negative perceptions of young people that are prevalent in our society, leads to adultism.” (Velazquez and Garin-Jones, 2003). The Free Child Project defined that the word adultism refers to behaviors and attitudes based on the assumption that adults are better than young people, and entitled to act upon young people without their agreement. This mistreatment is reinforced by social institutions, laws, customs, and attitudes (http://freechild.org). It expressed by treating the young person as weak, helpless and less intelligent than adults. So, they are more controlled by adults.…
I never understood adults. They drink water that burns your throat and set straws on fire and sip the air. When they get together they are always loud and they pay me less attention. Yes, I thought all adults were weird, until I met my Uncle Clinton. He liked to play the drums and he wore army pants and t-shirts with funny quotes or pictures. Uncle Clinton had a funny cartoon giggle when he laughed and love to eat all kinds of junk food. We always had fun together. We watched cartoons and played video games. He was almost as old as my mommy and I never thought that a grown up would ever understand us kids.…
There are many attributes that one must possess to be considered mature. A person must be able to make decisions that are not influenced by his emotions. For example, when confronting a situation, he must be able to choose the solution that will be most beneficial to him and everyone involved, no matter how the person “feels”. A mature person must also be humble and take full responsibility for all of his actions. This means the person must not be so arrogant that he is unable to recognize and acknowledge when he makes a mistake. Another attribute a person must have to be considered mature is empathy. One must be able to put oneself in another’s shoes, understand the emotions that person may be experiencing, and treat him with compassion. A person must also be docile. He must be teachable, not be stubborn, seek wisdom, and not assume he is all-knowing (Elmore). The last attribute one must possess to be considered mature is being comfortable in one’s own skin. The person must be confident in who he is and not let this be swayed by anyone.…
The real adulthood doesn't look like the teenagers want it to be. They are always confident that adulthood would bring pure freedom and choice, but everything goes right opposite. The number of limitations and responsibility grows with the age. The government controls nearly all your movements, there's nothing you can do without the 'allowance'. So where is that freedom?…
Some people might think that the graduation of high school makes a person an adult. Others think that the age of 21 is a good standard to show the grown-ups identity legally. However, in my opinion, I believe that get a job and graduate from colleges or universities are the most important events to become an adult.…
I agree to that statement. Of course, as an adult, many responsibilities lie on one's shoulders. Be it of maintaining a family or duties at work. Though it can all be summarized in just a few words, they undoubtedly are of great importance, giving way to one too many hurdles along the way. That being said, life is definitely not problem-free for the average teenager.…