It is when you think about what they had. Not much. Life was about survival, not enjoying life. So, that is what they did. Today’s world we have options. Its a good thing to let children be children. 17 is a young adult. But, still think its a big mistake. A life time commitment shouldn’t be made so young. My father was well into his career and my mother was 23. Depression era, farm raised. He was much older than my mother because he finished college and had a successful career first. He wanted better for his adult liffe than the povert he got away from. He understood that and encouraged me to concentrate on school, not boys. He did the right thing.
Options are good. They should not be something to cause insecurities. Kids should wait and get there life in order first
Holly, please explain for the class the scientific reason for puberty and the ages it commonly occurs.
I’ll wait.
Another point for you. At 17 my DAUGHTER was working in the F117 as a jet engine Mechanic. At 18 she was holding an M4 onat a gate in Irak as SpecOps drove through with ALQuaida strapped across the hoods of hummers like Deer. At 20 she was Back on jets, this time the F22. Then the F35 as it went through trials. Today she is on the #2 plane in the AF inventory. Married, with two step kids.
She is 24.
I’d say she managed job security and youth just fine.
Holly life is still about survival and that will never change. Your example of your depression era parents was definitely not the norm, mine came from the same era and the luxury of an advanced education was out of the question. Food on the table was the #1 priority. In my above post I gave the ages of my grand parents, my mom and dad and myself. My grand parents built a tank building company that covered most of southern New Mexico, my father a construction company that that did well in the Permian Basin of West TX and I myself am in the oil business here in West TX. The only one with a college education is me and that came several years after I was married. You seem to speak from an area that was a rarity from the norm and it makes you some what blind to reality. Had I followed your example of how I should have lived my life, I wouldn’t have three beautiful daughter’s, two grandkids and 42 square miles of ranch for them to enjoy now and in their future.