When do kids become adults?
A child becomes an adult when all of the frontal lobe is completely developed. Although it has become controversial, kids can not be held to the same standards as adults because their brain does not work in the same way. The reason this topic is so important is because the strictness of punishment for any child whose brain has not developed yet, especially those who only commit minor crimes.
Most parts of the brain that control decision-making are not fully developed until the early to mid 20s. Without these parts of the brain, there is no way a person can rightfully be held responsible for their actions. “Nature made the brains of children and adolescents excitable. Their brain chemistry is tuned to be responsive to everything in their environment,” Richard Knox said in his writings for npr. This quote helps to show you why many kids will make a poor decision before their frontal lobe (which is in charge of …show more content…
Your childhood is a time to figure out who you are and what you want to do. The frontal lobe plays a major role in this because it controls the way you act. Your personality changes indefinitely as your frontal lobe does. For example, Phineas Gage, a railroad worker, suffered a life-altering accident and miraculously survived. A large beam was thrust directly into his frontal lobe, and he managed to survive, but he was never the same afterward. His personality was altered dramatically, he went from kind and hardworking to rude and lazy. This shows how the frontal lobe actually controls who you are as a person. No child’s frontal lobe is completely developed until they are at least 20, so they do not who they are. Are you the same person as you were when you were in your 20s? And teens, do you want to be the same person 15 years from
A child becomes an adult when all of the frontal lobe is completely developed. Although it has become controversial, kids can not be held to the same standards as adults because their brain does not work in the same way. The reason this topic is so important is because the strictness of punishment for any child whose brain has not developed yet, especially those who only commit minor crimes.
Most parts of the brain that control decision-making are not fully developed until the early to mid 20s. Without these parts of the brain, there is no way a person can rightfully be held responsible for their actions. “Nature made the brains of children and adolescents excitable. Their brain chemistry is tuned to be responsive to everything in their environment,” Richard Knox said in his writings for npr. This quote helps to show you why many kids will make a poor decision before their frontal lobe (which is in charge of …show more content…
Your childhood is a time to figure out who you are and what you want to do. The frontal lobe plays a major role in this because it controls the way you act. Your personality changes indefinitely as your frontal lobe does. For example, Phineas Gage, a railroad worker, suffered a life-altering accident and miraculously survived. A large beam was thrust directly into his frontal lobe, and he managed to survive, but he was never the same afterward. His personality was altered dramatically, he went from kind and hardworking to rude and lazy. This shows how the frontal lobe actually controls who you are as a person. No child’s frontal lobe is completely developed until they are at least 20, so they do not who they are. Are you the same person as you were when you were in your 20s? And teens, do you want to be the same person 15 years from