Child Services: Going too far?

[Kasreyn]

Maybe it's simplistic, but I won't be happy until there is ONE age of adulthood, used for all these different things. Drinking, driving, smoking, sex, voting, the draft. How can we allow a child to do any of these things? But on the other hand, how DARE we deny an adult any of them?? We need to come to an agreement in this country on a sensible age at which we feel relatively certain that the average person is ready to assume the responsibilities of adulthood. And then, when people reach that age, we have to trust we've made the right decision and *let them be adults*. There's room for fine-tuning the specific age we pick as the cutoff, but I think it's silly to have such a confusing mishmash of different ages.

I say, 18 for everything, with a possible proviso of restricted-use "Limited Licenses" available to 16-17 year old drivers. Anyone think 18 is too high or too low?

-Kasreyn