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Re: Is the age of a dead burglar,assailant,armed robber, attempted rapist/murder rela
Part of our problem, as I see it, is that we have so much leisure time, and are living so much longer, we tend to coddle our children. Understandable; we want whats best for them and we want them to enjoy their youth as long as possible.
However, children remain children, and teens remain teens. The culture or locale wherein they are raised does not change their basic natures. Were the world to fall apart tomorrow, they would quickly revert back to exactly the types of behaviors of teens and children you currently reject as "from the past." That's human nature.
Besides which, children currently "assume the responsibilities that they were forced to back in the old days of history." You just don't see it. Lot's of teens are working, getting married, taking care of their own business even now, here in the U.S.A. It's only kids of the so-called "middle" and "upper" classes who most often endure the coddling you are talking about. Even then, maybe more so, they act out and rebel at their limitations.
Your hope. I don't agree. I ran away when I was 16, lived on the streets, and only came back to live with my grandmother to finish high school. I was not alone and I took care of my business. Telling a teen "you are a child and too young to make decisions" will usually result in acting out, and deceptive behaviors. They will continue to have sex, do drugs, commit crimes of vandalism etc., despite all efforts at coddling. Just because you want to consider them children, doesn't make it so. Sorry, we often agree, but I prefer looking at this realistically.
Children are a product of the culture in which they are raised. Therefore, comparing today's standards with standards of many, many years ago cannot stand up to scrutiny. We are not going back to the old days. Children and teens are not going to assume the responsibilities that they were forced to back in the old days of history.
Part of our problem, as I see it, is that we have so much leisure time, and are living so much longer, we tend to coddle our children. Understandable; we want whats best for them and we want them to enjoy their youth as long as possible.
However, children remain children, and teens remain teens. The culture or locale wherein they are raised does not change their basic natures. Were the world to fall apart tomorrow, they would quickly revert back to exactly the types of behaviors of teens and children you currently reject as "from the past." That's human nature.
Besides which, children currently "assume the responsibilities that they were forced to back in the old days of history." You just don't see it. Lot's of teens are working, getting married, taking care of their own business even now, here in the U.S.A. It's only kids of the so-called "middle" and "upper" classes who most often endure the coddling you are talking about. Even then, maybe more so, they act out and rebel at their limitations.
Also, we now know more about the brain than we ever have and have made some fascinating discoveries, which will probably lead us to increasing things like age of consent, etc. Yes, children are impulsive and also most often than not incapable of critical-thinking skills. Whether or not these things are leftover survival mechanisms is another debate entirely, but the facts remain.
Your hope. I don't agree. I ran away when I was 16, lived on the streets, and only came back to live with my grandmother to finish high school. I was not alone and I took care of my business. Telling a teen "you are a child and too young to make decisions" will usually result in acting out, and deceptive behaviors. They will continue to have sex, do drugs, commit crimes of vandalism etc., despite all efforts at coddling. Just because you want to consider them children, doesn't make it so. Sorry, we often agree, but I prefer looking at this realistically.