At what age does a child become a woman of a man?
There are a few cultures that mark that time in teen-age years.
Most European cultures marks the age at 21 years.
I got to thinking about the span of the human life. These days’ people are living into the late eighties and nineties.
It you are considered an adult at the age at 21 and you live well into your nineties that means you are and adult for 70 years.
Society considers a person is getting old in there 40’s. If you life into you 90’s that means you are old for 50 years.
So you are a child for 11, years, teenager for 7 years, nothing for two years,(19 & 20) adult for 19 years and old for 50 years.
There is definitely some thing wrong with the calculation and definition of each stage in a human life.
March 19, 2007 at 8:33 am
seriously we spend the majority of our lives old or thinking that we are old and who says the kids get to have all the fun what about us can’t we still run and play in the park or get an ice cream every now and then but when I think about maturity I have to wonder if some people every really do get old
March 19, 2007 at 12:47 pm
I think I felt like I was no longer “young” when Maya was born. So…at 30 I became an adult.
March 19, 2007 at 1:32 pm
I also didn’t really feel like an adult until I was about 30…I was somewhat responsible before that, with college and jobs and bills and getting married, but that’s when it set in. So if I’ve only been an adult for 10 years, there’s NO WAY I’m ready to start being old. I’ll start when I’m 55. How’s that?
March 19, 2007 at 2:50 pm
I still feel young until my body starts to ache from doing too much or trying to bend down to pick something up. Although having four kids made me “grow up,” they also keep me young because I get to act like a kid around them.
March 19, 2007 at 4:15 pm
I didn’t really grow up until I got married. I’m not sure why, but maybe it’s because it wasn’t all about me anymore
February 22, 2009 at 4:53 pm
I didn’t make ONE good decision until I was 24. So, now I tell my kids, they’re mine until they are 24. (and I show them a ruler to show them how long that is out of life, because it’s just a short period of time) And tell them, after then, if you choose to go and destroy yourself, your body, or other’s, that’ll be your choice. But like I said, until then, you’re mine.
You’re a kid for a very short period of time during your lifetime, that needs to be enjoys and taken advantage of.