here is just a snippet of my article written on this issue:
We should understand comprehensively what maturity is if we are to make laws concerning age. At the age of 16, young people are able to have sex, start a full time job, and get consent to join the army and get married. These are major life decisions and 16 year olds are given plenty of privileges, so why do young people need to be age 18 before they are responsible enough to vote?
If young people age 16 were allowed to vote it could potentially increase the problems with voting. With more pressure on teens, to judge as to whom they chose to lead them could conclusively lead to more peer pressure and conflicts with today’s youth. Think about the fights and breakouts, at 16 they are only just maturing. I don’t know about you but do you ever look back and think “boy do I wish I had listened to my parents and teachers when I was 16; I was lazy and thought I knew everything.” Well at that stage you were only just turning into an adult and hasn’t 18 been the ‘Adult age for over a millennia, meaning at 16 you were still a child. Voting is a serious issue, so no wonder why you have to be an adult to vote. Some may argue I am being slightly biased but I have seen it, in my home and at school. Do we need to give our ‘children’ every form of responsibility or can we wait until they’ve learned a lesson or two about adulthood?
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