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The most recent science concludes that the essential judgment centers of the brain, necessary for making rational decisions, is not fully developed in humans until age 25.
My personal experience with people in the younger 20's, and AS a person in the younger 20's, only confirms this.
So, do we make sexual decision-making illegal until then? What makes 16 or 18 or 21 the magic number, when decision-making ability does not mature until 25?
I'm very sorry and understanding that parents may bemoan the acts of Mother Nature, which is having girls (especially) hit puberty younger and younger. But who can argue with Nature? (Argue and win, that is)
And why is it that kids were married at 12 or 13 when the life-expectancy age was 40, but that is somehow considered too young now? What has changed, besides society? Nothing about the children themselves, though perhaps society once molded them to be a bit more mature at that age than it does today. But they were children biologically nonetheless.
Have we simply realized our mistake? Or is the mistake being made now by puny humans pitting themselves against indomitable nature and evolving biology?
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