Old enough for military service and to vote. Old enough to purchase weapons. Many are in college being “groomed”. Many being “groomed” through social media.

Back in the day an 18yr old had property. Back in the day 18yr olds worked from sun up to sun down. They had skin in the game.
Now it seems skin is the game.

Jmo. 21years old is the new adult. No guns or voting till then

19 here in Alabama...

(02-17-2018 03:40 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  19 here in Alabama...

Lol!

“Tried as an adult” would also be reformed with the prison system.

Underage sex would also have to be modified

I can agree with that. With the way the world is designed today, people need more time "growing up" in order to handle the demands of a society that requires utilizing and communicating information to a much greater extent than decades ago.

(02-17-2018 03:39 PM)Dasville Wrote:  Old enough for military service and to vote. Old enough to purchase weapons. Many are in college being “groomed”. Many being “groomed” through social media.

Back in the day an 18yr old had property. Back in the day 18yr olds worked from sun up to sun down. They had skin in the game.
Now it seems skin is the game.

Jmo. 21years old is the new adult. No guns or voting till then

We would lose most of the military if they couldn't have guns!

Life expectancy as well. 18 yrs old was a greater portion of life , back in the day.

(02-17-2018 03:40 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  19 here in Alabama...

Ive never understood the whole "age of majority" is 19 reasoning? Is this just arbitrary for Alabama?

(02-17-2018 03:50 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(02-17-2018 03:40 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  19 here in Alabama...

Ive never understood the whole "age of majority" is 19 reasoning? Is this just arbitrary for Alabama?

Yup!

(02-17-2018 03:47 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(02-17-2018 03:39 PM)Dasville Wrote:  Old enough for military service and to vote. Old enough to purchase weapons. Many are in college being “groomed”. Many being “groomed” through social media.

Back in the day an 18yr old had property. Back in the day 18yr olds worked from sun up to sun down. They had skin in the game.
Now it seems skin is the game.

Jmo. 21years old is the new adult. No guns or voting till then

We would lose most of the military if they couldn't have guns!

Are you saying most of our military is under the age of 21?

Use and ownership are 2 different things.

Legally, yes. In reality, I know 12 year olds more mature than some 18 and even 21 year olds.

Florida shooter would be a minor regarding charges but at least these idiot kids wouldn’t be manipulated by free tuition and loan wipeout. Surely Bernie and the rest of the Communist Party would be ok giving up the 18-20 yr old vote in exchange for gun regulation. ****, even Pelosi said she would give up an election for gun controls.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/...ction.html

(02-17-2018 03:52 PM)Dasville Wrote:  

(02-17-2018 03:47 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(02-17-2018 03:39 PM)Dasville Wrote:  Old enough for military service and to vote. Old enough to purchase weapons. Many are in college being “groomed”. Many being “groomed” through social media.

Back in the day an 18yr old had property. Back in the day 18yr olds worked from sun up to sun down. They had skin in the game.
Now it seems skin is the game.

Jmo. 21years old is the new adult. No guns or voting till then

We would lose most of the military if they couldn't have guns!

Are you saying most of our military is under the age of 21?

Most new recruits are under 21.

I got served alcohol after Basic/AIT on the plane form ATL to Indy, was 19 looked 16. The good ole days.

(02-17-2018 03:45 PM)miko33 Wrote:  I can agree with that. With the way the world is designed today, people need more time "growing up" in order to handle the demands of a society that requires utilizing and communicating information to a much greater extent than decades ago.

Disagree with you here.

We did some dopey “testing” when both our kids were in pre-K. amazingly, they both came up as “hold them back, keep them in pre-k, call us back in a year and we’ll charge you again for a “test”.

Both tested in the 98-99%th percentiles. You know, apple falling far from the tree stuff and all...

Kick em outta the nest, they fluff the wings and let them grow stronger.

Cut em off. Make their own way.

Far to little of that anymore, the peers that have parent(s) that have done like are doing well, growing up, literally.
The others? Rotting in the basement or “playrooms”?

They’ll be there til they’re 30 or longer.

Got both sets on one street alone...

21 would probably be a better age for the age of majority, but it's my opinion that if we're going to accept them into the military and deploy them in harms way then we treat them as adults in every way, alcohol included.

If you are considered an adult by the courts, you're an adult. Now, do I see a whole lot of naive stupid stuff done by young people - yep. And, as a society far too many have been allowed to "extend" being a kid by parents that have allowed it to be so.

Glad mine are all grown up, out of the house and supporting themselves. They were in and out of the house a bit during their college years, but all were gone and fully supporting themselves at the end of college.

The end goal of raising kids is to prepare them to make their own way.

If the question is; Is an 18 year old really an adult? I would have to say no. 18 year olds are children.

(02-18-2018 08:39 AM)Old Blue Wrote:  If the question is; Is an 18 year old really an adult? I would have to say no. 18 year olds are children.

Hunh.

I'll gently disagree here.

They may not be adults, but they ain't chillin's no longer either. Tweeners, perhaps? Maybe. Sure. We still worry about and welcome/wish/look forward to anytime they come home from school.

But. It's also a time, they gotta go. If not now, when?

They're not hanging around til they're 26 or whatever, when do they get their "training"? 25?

Errrr, no.