[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I do happen to agree that our society have it right about which ages are considered children. I'm basing that on both my own experience of being that age and seeing the differences in my friends now and then and also from my own children/step children.

The point I'm making is, parents are legally and morally responsible for the welfare of their children till they're 16/18 which makes it (imo and in how I personally practise my parental duties) our business because in most cases, we'll be the ones left picking up the pieces if it all goes pear shaped.

Again, I do want to stress, I really don't mean to sound patronising when I say I think it's hard for you to be objective about it when you are still teenager but it is true that peoples opinions on this do change drastically in later years and they look back.