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Up until what age do you consider a person a teenager

CPA

CPA

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I read the title of this article and expected the player to be 16 or 17, but she's 19. I've seen other newpaper articles and such call 20 and 21 year olds "teens" or worse, "kids". When did the age limit raise for an adult? 😕
 
Originally posted by: ThePresence
IMHO, a teenager is more the state of one's maturity than a specific age.
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I understand that, but is there a point where you say "Hey, you're an adult, act like one"?
 
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I consider someone who is 19 years and 364 days a teenager. I consider someone who is 20 years and 0 days to be not a teenager. I consider anyone who is over 18 to be an adult.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
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I consider someone who is 19 years and 364 days a teenager. I consider someone who is 20 years and 0 days to be not a teenager. I consider anyone who is over 18 to be an adult.
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I think in America, at least, most teens don't become adults until they've completed their first year of college (succesfully). Once you are on your own, and have to take responsibility for your own time and money, the adult tendencies seem to set in pretty quickly.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
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I consider someone who is 19 years and 364 days a teenager. I consider someone who is 20 years and 0 days to be not a teenager. I consider anyone who is over 18 to be an adult.
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So you're saying a person can be both an adult and a teenager? I think they're different and, thus, should be seperated, but you think they can be both and only based on the fact the number, grammatically ends with "teen"?
 
nineteen is the last year I'd call someone a teenager, but since I'm over thirty I might still think of someone as a "kid" into their early twenties (depending on their maturity).
 
I would say 18. That is the age when the law says 'No longer can Mommy and Daddy take responsibility for your actions'. I don't believe you are absolutely mature at that age, but by that time I feel most people have a good vision of what they want to go to school for, or atleast I did.

As Presence said though, being a teenager is more of a state of maturity. But 18 is where I would say 'You are no longer a kid, grow up.'
 
Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: ThePresence
IMHO, a teenager is more the state of one's maturity than a specific age.
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I understand that, but is there a point where you say "Hey, you're an adult, act like one"?
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no, you cant make people act the way you want them too, even if its asking them to act "adult"

i know a 35 year olds that acts like hes 13. age is a number that maturity has very little to do with. seeing an article somewhere talk about a 21 year old as a teen should be taken for face value.... bad journalism.

12-13(notice the teen on the end?) to 19(theres the teen again)-20(no teen); thoes are the teenage years 13-19.
 
I consider the word "adult" an indication of maturity more than age, and the word "teenager" entirely an indication of age. I know many teenagers that are more adult than many 20-somethings, and vice versa. I have a hard time calling many of these early 20 year olds adults given how immature so many act.

My $.02.
 
Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: dullard
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I consider someone who is 19 years and 364 days a teenager. I consider someone who is 20 years and 0 days to be not a teenager. I consider anyone who is over 18 to be an adult.
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So you're saying a person can be both an adult and a teenager? I think they're different and, thus, should be seperated, but you think they can be both and only based on the fact the number, grammatically ends with "teen"?
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what about the 15 year old that runs away from home and lives on there own, has a job, doesnt need any parents to help them, is that not adult? yes they are young but they are also taking on a very big challenge.

a person can be both an adult and a teenager. adult is the mannerisms by which they express their self, teen means nothing more then an age period they so happen to be a part of at one point in time
 
Originally posted by: MogulMonster
I think in America, at least, most teens don't become adults until they've completed their first year of college (succesfully). Once you are on your own, and have to take responsibility for your own time and money, the adult tendencies seem to set in pretty quickly.
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I did that when I was 18. By definition though I was a teen until I turned 20. Duh.
 
So, I just want to make sure I understand: It's more for the fact the word nineteen has "teen" in it, rather than some sociological reason.

To me, a person is an adult at 18 because as another poster put it, it's generally when parents are no longer responsible for the person (lower in some states, I know). This person also now has most of the rights (drinking, smoking being some rights not yet granted) and all of the responsibilities of any adult. Therefore, whether or not they are mature enough to handle it, they still have thrusted on them life responsibilities and privelages that make someone an adult.
 
Originally posted by: Wahsapa
Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: dullard
Thirteen[/n]
Fourteen[/n]
Fifteen[/n]
Sixteen[/n]
Seventeen[/n]
Eightteen[/n]
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Twenty

I consider someone who is 19 years and 364 days a teenager. I consider someone who is 20 years and 0 days to be not a teenager. I consider anyone who is over 18 to be an adult.
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So you're saying a person can be both an adult and a teenager? I think they're different and, thus, should be seperated, but you think they can be both and only based on the fact the number, grammatically ends with "teen"?
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what about the 15 year old that runs away from home and lives on there own, has a job, doesnt need any parents to help them, is that not adult? yes they are young but they are also taking on a very big challenge.

a person can be both an adult and a teenager. adult is the mannerisms by which they express their self, teen means nothing more then an age period they so happen to be a part of at one point in time
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But, legally, the parents are still responsible for them.

And I don't agree with the mannerisms point. Take JulesMaximus for example. Claims he's 37, but isn't acting like an adult. So does that make him a teenager?
 
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