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16/17 2 8.33%
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21 11 45.83%
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Old 24-07-2018, 11:23 AM #1
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At what age do we think a kid matures into an adult (in more than just a legal sense)?
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hhmmm tough one, depends on the person I think but somewhere between 20-23ish? having said that I have an 18 year old daughter and a 20 year old step son and the 18 year old is more of an adult. It also depends alot on their lives as well, how much responsibility they've had/had to take on from a younger age, there's lots of factors
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Totally depends. I have known some 16 year olds who are more mature then 25 year olds.
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hhmmm tough one, depends on the person I think but somewhere between 20-23ish? having said that I have an 18 year old daughter and a 20 year old step son and the 18 year old is more of an adult. It also depends alot on their lives as well, how much responsibility they've had/had to take on from a younger age, there's lots of factors
I know girls mature faster than boys so the age of maturity’s probably a little earlier for girls than boys too.
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Gone for 21, as others have said it depends on the person, i think 25 is pushing it a bit though
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certainly not below 20
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Gone for 21, as others have said it depends on the person, i think 25 is pushing it a bit though
Mhm. Anything under 25 can still pass as youth.
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the answer is "one year above whatever I currently am"
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Apparently the brain is not fully developed until (I think its...) 25

I think some people mature a lot earlier than others though. I lived on my own and had a job since being 16 and managed perfectly well. I do think I am a totally different person now though from then
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At what age do we think a child matures into an adult (in more than just a legal sense).

In Some African nations
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Mhm. Anything under 25 can still pass as youth.
Youth yes, but the question is adulthood! You are definitely an adult at age 25
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Probably 25 for men. 21ish for women.
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I said in more than a legal sense though didn’t I.
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21 to 24’s young adult and 25’s adult in my opinion. 18-20s are legal children for the most part. Especially the lads.
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21, the age where a teen has properly transitioned into an adult.

18 could work as well if the teen matures fast...

16 is too young and 25 is a bit too old, for most people.
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when you get a mortgage and a car and a ring

Id say you cant escape it then
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I think that people on average tend to start feeling more independent at around the 16-17 mark so I voted for that on the poll.
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I would say theres a huge difference between a young adult and an adult

24 is about the time when you stop having excuses for being bad at life
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I think that people on average tend to start feeling more independent at around the 16-17 mark so I voted for that on the poll.
that was not the question though?
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