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raeanna74 · 07-05-2009, 02:10 PM

It does irk me that some kids who are 18 or 19 just spout what they're hearing at home or from their friends but isn't that the way some 30, 40, 60, 80 yr olds are? Some people never think for themselves and never seem to learn from their or our past either. I doubt we could ever get the age for voting changed.

As for the Legal Drinking age... I thought kids were allowed to drink with a legal guardian present in their legal guardians home. If that's the case then kids could drink even now, the way you did. Too many kids aren't as educated as you were with regards to how to drink responsibly. If the legal age was changed then we'd have younger, less responsible kids drinking without adult supervision and more often. It's bad enough the kids to manage to get liquor now even though it's not legal.

And Finally... as to the age of consent/statutory rape age. I don't think it should be lowered but I do think that we should rethink cases such as a 17 yr old dating another 17 yr old who turns 18 and suddenly mom and dad have an issue with their little girl having sex with an 18 yr old. If they had a relationship before one of them turned 18 the 18 yr old should not be able to be charged with statutory rape. It's unfair to the couple and especially the one who happened to turn 18. Like a pair of teens are going to suddenly stop having sex when one of them turns 18. Beyond that, I think there should be more freedom given to the judges to not crack down on kids who are underage and who have sex with older kids or adults. If you think about it, a 16 or 17 yr old who ends up having sex with a 30 yr old could possibly have a better experience than two teens together, especially if the 30 yr old truely cares about the 16 yr old. * Please note that I'd prefer kids waited till they were 18 anyway but that's another thread on it's own. The biggest thing about not changing the age for kids to have sex is that kids need as much encouragement as possible to avoid having sex and especially getting pregnant until they finish highshool at least. I personally don't want to encourage kids to drop out of highschool by allowing them to get married earlier. There is so much breaking up and making up going on at that age that I think we'd probably end up with a much higher divorce rate AND higher dropout rate. What good would that do?

07-05-2009, 02:10 PM	#56 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	It does irk me that some kids who are 18 or 19 just spout what they're hearing at home or from their friends but isn't that the way some 30, 40, 60, 80 yr olds are? Some people never think for themselves and never seem to learn from their or our past either. I doubt we could ever get the age for voting changed. As for the Legal Drinking age... I thought kids were allowed to drink with a legal guardian present in their legal guardians home. If that's the case then kids could drink even now, the way you did. Too many kids aren't as educated as you were with regards to how to drink responsibly. If the legal age was changed then we'd have younger, less responsible kids drinking without adult supervision and more often. It's bad enough the kids to manage to get liquor now even though it's not legal. And Finally... as to the age of consent/statutory rape age. I don't think it should be lowered but I do think that we should rethink cases such as a 17 yr old dating another 17 yr old who turns 18 and suddenly mom and dad have an issue with their little girl having sex with an 18 yr old. If they had a relationship before one of them turned 18 the 18 yr old should not be able to be charged with statutory rape. It's unfair to the couple and especially the one who happened to turn 18. Like a pair of teens are going to suddenly stop having sex when one of them turns 18. Beyond that, I think there should be more freedom given to the judges to not crack down on kids who are underage and who have sex with older kids or adults. If you think about it, a 16 or 17 yr old who ends up having sex with a 30 yr old could possibly have a better experience than two teens together, especially if the 30 yr old truely cares about the 16 yr old. * Please note that I'd prefer kids waited till they were 18 anyway but that's another thread on it's own. The biggest thing about not changing the age for kids to have sex is that kids need as much encouragement as possible to avoid having sex and especially getting pregnant until they finish highshool at least. I personally don't want to encourage kids to drop out of highschool by allowing them to get married earlier. There is so much breaking up and making up going on at that age that I think we'd probably end up with a much higher divorce rate AND higher dropout rate. What good would that do? __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.