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Should the age of adulthood be the same as the age of consent (16 in most countries)?

@outkast1215 Use your little brain and change your mind. Many of our opinions about some cases are wrong. Are you saying that 21 is still a kid? People will have almost different experiences from childhood in this area, and many of them will become independent. They may be in a good mood or it may seem positive that you are saying this, but at the same time they can certainly make wiser decisions about their lives than a 9-year-old.
Age and wisdom are not related at all. Wisdom comes with experiences you’ve had in life. Knowledge and experiences makes a person wise. The more knowledge and experiences you hold, the wiser you become. For instance all the bad experiences turn into life lessons and we become wise enough not to repeat the same in future. That’s wisdom.
Wisdom is a quality which everyone does not posses. If a person can not tell the difference between right or wrong (irrelevant of age), then that person lacks wisdom. Wisdom is the power of making correct judgement, knowing the difference between right and wrongy, ability to think sensibly
So they may not be wise yet, and in general for these reasons it can not be said that they are no different from children.
I’m 15 this year and I don’t think age of adulthood should become 16 since at the age of 16 I don’t think people can be that responsible for their actions (consequences of drink driving etc....)
#2 You will someday :)

#7 You must be ancient then (jk) I bet most 21 year olds would feel rather offended seeing your comment ;)

#8 Completely agree with you on smoking. It’s kinda funny that tobacco industry is still going nowadays considering smoking has absolutely zero benefits.Why don’t people just ban smoking all together?! My dad used to a heavy smoker and although he’s quit it now, it has had quite a detrimental impact on his general health so yeah I will never touch that stuff if I can help it.
Age of consent is 16 in the uk which is pretty reasonable. The odd one out in Europe is actually Germany, i think theirs is 14 or something

#9 lmao, i try to find a reason behind most things. I hate being ignorant so I hope things will carry on making sense for me haha

#13 Depends on the individual. I would be happy if adult age is changed to 16.

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