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An adult at 18? Not any more: Adolescence now ends at 25...
UK Daily Mail ^ | 9/24/2013 | Victoria Woollaston

Posted on 09/25/2013 10:13:34 AM PDT by GraceG

Adolescence no longer ends when people hit 18, according to updated guidelines being given to child psychologists.

The new directive is designed to extend the age range that child psychologists can work with from 18 years old up to 25.

It is hoped the initiative will stop children being 'rushed' through their childhood and feeling pressured to achieve key milestones quickly, reports the BBC.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adulthood; brain; immaturity; liberalism; psychology
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"Childhood" has been elevated to this sacred thing that must be preserved no matter what with the cost being personal responsibility while we are teaching kindergartners how to be adult like sexually...

Liberalism is a Mental disorder.

1 posted on 09/25/2013 10:13:34 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: GraceG

Some people never grow up..............


2 posted on 09/25/2013 10:14:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong. .....Voltaire)
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To: Red Badger

Let’s raise the voting age to 25 as well. That will solve a lot of problems.


3 posted on 09/25/2013 10:15:47 AM PDT by angry elephant (Endangered species in Seattle)
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To: GraceG

Then we shouldn’t let them vote or serve.


4 posted on 09/25/2013 10:16:26 AM PDT by NELSON111
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To: GraceG

GOOD...then maybe they shouldn’t vote until they are 25!


5 posted on 09/25/2013 10:16:49 AM PDT by SMARTY ("The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms." H. Amiel)
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To: GraceG

Over 70% of divorces are brought on by the wife. And the lions share of those are basically “I just don’t want to be married to this guy any more”. And a lot of them have kids.

This means women will be even more incentivized to dump their husband in favor of his maintenance and child support into the kids mid-20’s. Or am I missing something?


6 posted on 09/25/2013 10:18:04 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: GraceG

There are lots of 30 year old “kids” in our neighborhood still living at home. They drive nice cars, spend weekends at the beach, and otherwise have plenty of fun with no responsibilities. Its going to catch up to them someday.


7 posted on 09/25/2013 10:18:06 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: angry elephant

voting should be contingent on one thing: emancipation. the age at which you function as an independent adult. no parental support, no public support, no transfer payments, no unpaid tax debts to the government. voting is an adult act in that it gives you an element of influence and control over the quality of your fellow citizens lives. you can’t run around handing that out to psychologically underdeveloped persons with no capacity for independence.


8 posted on 09/25/2013 10:20:05 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: GraceG

The aspect of this I find comical..., well more like tragic really, is this.

Little boys are considered so cute. Aren’t they just the sweetest things.

Then they turn 18, 25, or whatever, and suddenly those cute little boys are men and the most vile things on the planet. And God forbid they are White. Now there’s something needing to be extinct ASAP.

Boys - good...

Men - bad, very bad!


9 posted on 09/25/2013 10:20:59 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (This post coming to you today from behind the Camelskin Curtain. Not the Iron or Bamboo Curtain...)
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The new directive is designed to extend the age range that child psychologists can work with from 18 years old up to 25.

So you can join the army, fight in Afghanistan or some other third world hellholes for four years, get out, return to your parents' basement for three more years and play with your G.I. Joe dolls action figures?

Maybe the child psychologist can give his 25 year old patient the anatomically correct doll to see where hid did a "bad touch" on a Taliban insurgent with his k-bar knife.

10 posted on 09/25/2013 10:21:13 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Why is our military going to be used as Al Qaeda's air force in Syria?)
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To: angry elephant

Excellent idea!


11 posted on 09/25/2013 10:23:06 AM PDT by debrawiest
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To: GraceG
feeling pressured to achieve key milestones quickly

i.e. move out of the house and support themselves.

12 posted on 09/25/2013 10:23:36 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: angry elephant

Let’s raise the voting age to 25 as well. That will solve a lot of problems.


And the legal age of consent...


13 posted on 09/25/2013 10:24:06 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: Starboard

I’m 31 and I have to pay all the friggin’ bills myself because no one else will. But that’s part of being an adult.


14 posted on 09/25/2013 10:24:57 AM PDT by darkangel82
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To: GraceG

Ugh, hello???

I hope we are not this stupid to believe this is a coincidence...this is part of 0bbamacare to be perfectly normal to cover “children” to 25 and live at home, the new normal. Duh.

Oh, I’ve been called a sock puppet, so this can’t be an original thought. Sorry.


15 posted on 09/25/2013 10:25:14 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (“Life is hard, but it’s harder when you’re stupid.” John Wayne)
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To: ameribbean expat

I don’t think most of the failure to launch crowd votes. Registering to vote puts you in the jury duty system so then they might actually have to do something, not to mention distracting from quality X-Box time.


16 posted on 09/25/2013 10:26:07 AM PDT by discostu (This is Jack Burton in the Pork Chop Express, and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there.)
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To: cuban leaf

And Baby Huey gets to stay on dad’s healthcare plan till age 26 thanks to Bammycare.

Why ever move out of mom’s basement?


17 posted on 09/25/2013 10:26:55 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: GraceG

I know guys in their 40’s who never grew up.


18 posted on 09/25/2013 10:27:23 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: GraceG

ugh. Reminds me of this sick story......

http://getoutofdebt.org/31674/adult-baby-continues-to-receive-social-security-benefits-fraud-allegations-dropped


19 posted on 09/25/2013 10:27:26 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (What do we want? Time travel. When do we want it? It's irrelevant.)
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To: TurboZamboni

Worse than that....Obamacare requires coverage up till age 26. But a business owner I know was told by his insurance carrier that he has the OPTION of adding dependent coverage up till age 30.

And what is a voluntary OPTION today becomes MANDATORY tomorrow.


20 posted on 09/25/2013 10:28:42 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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