I’m not saying a word against this child, just glad she’s okay, but that statement deserves some consideration. Even though even thirty-year-olds are starting to look like children to me, legally they’re adults 12 years earlier. You don’t just start acting like an adult at a given age, though. You need to grow up, acting more maturely all the time.

If we really didn’t think people were mature until age 25, we shouldn’t treat them like adults at all. Nobody in his right mind wants to be treated like a clueless child for a quarter of a century and some kids age 12 are more mature than us old geezers. (It’s noteworthy that the framers of the Constitution would not let people serve as representatives until they were 25, senators until they were 30. President until the age of 35. They came to that decision without brain scans, either.)

And then there’s the other side of it, growth and maturity don’t stop at 25. Childish as I still am, I’m more mentally mature than I was at 40 and at 40 I was more mature than at 30, et cetera. Insurance companies don’t look at the internal workings. They notice unmarried people are more apt to have accidents up to the age of 30 and that married people are less apt to have accidents after the age of 25.

Partly that tells us people can grow up without a spouse but they take about five years longer and they still take a while even with a spouse.

David for safe children of any age

to the rest of yall giving your opinions.. shes a teen, and teens do some crazy stuff…didnt you? i know all yall casting stones arent perfect angels!!!