Coming Of Age Should Be Allowed In The Mark Of Adulthood

The age of responsibility is a difficult topic open to many debates. Age laws are crucial not only to teenagers, but also to the functionality of the rest of the nation. Currently, the mark of adulthood is eighteen. Some prefer for the law to increase up to twenty-five, believing eighteen is too young for one to be set on their own. Others believe twenty-five seems far fetched simply because of impatience. To even out the playing field, the age of responsibility should comprise of young adults in their mid-twenties since at that time most would have finished at least four to six years of college along with weaning off of parental guidance, and gained more mental stability. With the way education systems are flowing, most students begin college at eighteen years old. College is a big responsibility, but as Rachel Beckstead noticed based off of 2014 statistics, thirty percent of all college and university students drop out within their first year which may be linked to the coming of age. …show more content…
It has been proven time and time again that the frontal cortex of the brain, the part responsible for problem solving, judgement, impulse control, and sexual behavior, is not fully developed until twenty-five. As such, leaving an eighteen year old without any guidance only encourages drug use, alcoholism, and teenage pregnancies. In the article, “When Should a Person be Considered an Adult?”, author Jenn Savedge explains how teens take risks and seem to be unable to get their lives together until they hit their mid twenties (Savedge). An article from Scholastic’s “Teens and Decision Making: What Brain Science Reveals” further argues Savedge’s point by explaining that the habit of making rash decisions happens more in teenagers than adults. Society would more than likely see a decrease in teenage crime rates and pregnancies if the law was to increase the age of responsibility to the aforementioned