All thanks to their stupid parents who baby them into thinking they are still a "kid" until they are past college.
Time to end high school at grade 10 and/or send the young adults to vocational school or college if they want. We used to have young MEN by 15, ready to face the world, now we have babies thanks to the soft, suburban douchebags that have shaped most of our nation's children since the end of WWII.
Someone who is 16 or 17 year old should never be referred to as a "child." It says alot about the state of our society that they are considered so.
Both of my grandfathers fought in WWII, and both of them said they were just scared kids doing as they were told; they loved their country, that was all they knew.
So don’t give me this ‘men at 15’ macho trip. Their brains aren’t done cooking til they are well into their 20’s. I find the notion of a ‘child’ at 16 a bit much, too; but they are still a far cry from adult, young or otherwise. I believe that’s why they coined the term ‘teenager’.