The legal age of an adult today is eighteen years old in all fifty states of America. The permissible age of becoming an adult changed in 1971 due to the high demand needed for the armed forces. Once the legal age to join the armed forces changed to eighteen-years-old, the rules began to spiral out of control and many laws. This would also include getting married, voting, purchasing property and even education decisions began to all change from twenty-one years old to eighteen-years-old. The government has inconsistent ideas on what an adult at eighteen-years-old can do. Example, the law recognizes that eighteen, nineteen and twenty-year-old adults are not responsible enough to buy or consume alcohol until age 21 yet allow them to make much
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Marriages of younger adults have a higher rate of divorce than those that wait to become a mature adult. The thing about young love is, it's young. When you're a teenager and naïve, you just don't know the exact man or woman you will develop into. A teenager’s brain hasn’t finished maturing, which cause many couples separate because they feel as though they've grown apart. Chances are the couple have probably has grown apart. By the time a person reaches maturity, their values, interests and goals will begin to change. Older adults tend to make better choices when it comes to picking a partner. Thus, not allowing self-consent of marriage until at least twenty-one years old will likely have long-lasting effects on marriages. At a younger age, people seem to chase a fairy tale life. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what it is, a fairy tale. Once a person is older he or she also becomes wiser, this is why a parent should have control over the life choice made until after twenty-one years old. If a parent feels that his or her teenager has matured enough to make that choice, it should be left at their discretion. Consequently, divorce rates are higher among younger adults. Thus, above twenty-one is a better age to allow the consent to this life-changing event rather the age of …show more content…
It surveys’ say that 38 % of teens say they contribute to some type of savings. Studies also show statistics are almost doubled at a rate of 66% when compared to adults. According to these statistics, it goes to prove that teens would rather spend than save. Most of this is due to teens not thinking about their future finances, which leads to uncontrolled spending and not savings. Everyone loves to go shopping just because it is fun. However, spending should also be controlled to some extent. Teens do not have the understanding of controlled spending at this young age. Ordinarily, persons below the age of twenty-one do not have the brain power to realize the consequences of high spending at this age. Not only do they not have the income to manage the spending, they also are easily swayed into making larger purchases like homes or cars. This eventually catches up to them later in life and can ruin a person’s financial future. Parents should have to give their consent for their children under the age of twenty-one to make any large purchases. Raising the legal adult age will help prevent the chance of a young adult making the wrong decision about their future finances. Furthermore, these younger adults do not have the mental capacity to understand at this age that realtors and dealerships are out to make their own paycheck. These sellers don’t care about
Marriages of younger adults have a higher rate of divorce than those that wait to become a mature adult. The thing about young love is, it's young. When you're a teenager and naïve, you just don't know the exact man or woman you will develop into. A teenager’s brain hasn’t finished maturing, which cause many couples separate because they feel as though they've grown apart. Chances are the couple have probably has grown apart. By the time a person reaches maturity, their values, interests and goals will begin to change. Older adults tend to make better choices when it comes to picking a partner. Thus, not allowing self-consent of marriage until at least twenty-one years old will likely have long-lasting effects on marriages. At a younger age, people seem to chase a fairy tale life. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what it is, a fairy tale. Once a person is older he or she also becomes wiser, this is why a parent should have control over the life choice made until after twenty-one years old. If a parent feels that his or her teenager has matured enough to make that choice, it should be left at their discretion. Consequently, divorce rates are higher among younger adults. Thus, above twenty-one is a better age to allow the consent to this life-changing event rather the age of …show more content…
It surveys’ say that 38 % of teens say they contribute to some type of savings. Studies also show statistics are almost doubled at a rate of 66% when compared to adults. According to these statistics, it goes to prove that teens would rather spend than save. Most of this is due to teens not thinking about their future finances, which leads to uncontrolled spending and not savings. Everyone loves to go shopping just because it is fun. However, spending should also be controlled to some extent. Teens do not have the understanding of controlled spending at this young age. Ordinarily, persons below the age of twenty-one do not have the brain power to realize the consequences of high spending at this age. Not only do they not have the income to manage the spending, they also are easily swayed into making larger purchases like homes or cars. This eventually catches up to them later in life and can ruin a person’s financial future. Parents should have to give their consent for their children under the age of twenty-one to make any large purchases. Raising the legal adult age will help prevent the chance of a young adult making the wrong decision about their future finances. Furthermore, these younger adults do not have the mental capacity to understand at this age that realtors and dealerships are out to make their own paycheck. These sellers don’t care about