WHEN DOES ADULTHOOD BEGIN?

The topic of adulthood is under debate by many people. Everyone has their own opinion. A common opinion is that you become an adult when you turn eighteen. Many would disagree and say it is when you reach a certain maturity.

That maturity though, is under debate as well. In my opinion, you reach that maturity when you are capable to take care of yourself and possibly others. That means that a ten year old could be as mature as an adult. There is no limit of age. You could be ten or fifty. You could die of old age and never have become an adult.

It is all about how you reacted to how you were raised. Their are those children who have to become an adult because their parents are not there to raise them or their siblings. They have to miss out on their childhood so that their siblings can have one. That is a true adult.

When you give up acting like a child to take care of others, you are an adult. I'm not saying that you can't have fun or act childish every once in a while. You just have to act mature for the majority of the time. You can have fun while being mature also.