Comment on ‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood
Wanderer@lemm.ee 8 months agoDo people even use the term young adult anymore?
Infantising of adults I think is a huge issue we have in society.
It was the case that 16 was defacto adulthood in years gone by. Now I hear people saying you aren’t an adult till 25 or 30! If there are 25 year old wandering around that aren’t adults it’s a failing of the parents and society.
In school when we hit ~16 we got treated entirely differently, the teachers talked to us instead of parents, we was in control of our time. They joked with us. It really made me grow up because I got treated like a grown up.
Same thing with scouts and rugby when I was younger, being pushed to be responsible made me grow. As eduction improves overtime we should be making more capable 18 year old not less.
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s more of an American thing I think. A 20-year-old child, I’ve literally seen that phrase used. Mental.
bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 8 months ago
with modern science, we have learned that the prefrontal cortex hasn't fully developed until around age 25. does that mean you're a child at 24? no. but you are adolescent, and we should have some cognizance about that
Alpha71@lemmy.world 8 months ago
If you cannot behave like an adult by the age of 24 there’s something more wrong with you than your prefrontal cortex.
Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
This is not about behaviour, it’s about brain functions. Humans brains under the age of 25 function in a different way, no matter what behaviour they’ve learnt to show.
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I have ADHD, I don’t think mine will ever fully develop.