Website review: Psychology Today: Trashing Teens
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•11 reviews since Jun 16, 2007
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CultureCalls rated 7 weeks ago- From the page: "What can be done? I believe that young people should have more options-the option to work, marry, own property, sign contracts, start businesses, make decisions about health care and abortions, live on their own-every right, privilege, or responsibility an adult has. "
- tylondra rated 12 months ago
- loved this, all of the stuff on this makes perfect sense. a convincing argument to repeal some minor laws. and if more minors are being persecuted as adults then why dont we have the ability to be, generally, as free as adults. Not to say the teens should have complete independence, but the tests are a real great idea.
- Ricksian rated 12 months ago
- From the page: "1641 Massachusetts law prohibits people under 16 from "smiting" their parents." That's the best part. Right there.
- nyckfull rated 12 months ago
- "The whole culture collaborates in artificially extending childhood, primarily through the school system and restrictions on labor. The two systems evolved together in the late 19th-century; the advocates of compulsory-education laws also pushed for child-labor laws, restricting the ways young people could work, in part to protect them from the abuses of the new factories. The juvenile justice system came into being at the same time. All of these systems isolate teens from adults, often in problematic ways"
- teenageanthem rated 13 months ago
- "Other long-standing data show that teens are at least as competent as adults. IQ is a quotient that indicates where you stand relative to other people your age; that stays stable. But raw scores of intelligence peak around age 14-15 and shrink thereafter. Scores on virtually all tests of memory peak between ages 13 and 15. Perceptual abilities all peak at that age. Brain size peaks at 14. Incidental memory--what you remember by accident, and not due to mnemonics--is remarkably good in early to mid teens and practically nonexistent by the '50s and '60s." Thank you. Somebody said it. I've been saying it for years. There are more childish adults out there then there are childish teens. I think the competency tests should be given to people as a whole, throughout life, that way we don't end up with incompetent people in important positions. *cough*Bush*cough*
- Spasty rated 13 months ago
- This is stupid. I'm only 16 and normally treated like an adult. "Most Americans" don't think people are children until 26; this is the first I've heard it.
- Nymphette rated 13 months ago
- See, we're not all incompetent. I love Psych Today, I've been reading it for years now.
- jenjen1352 rated 13 months ago
- From the page: "Ironically, because minors have only limited property rights, they don't have complete control over what they have bought. Think how bizarre that is. If you, as an adult, spend money and bring home a toy, it's your toy and no one can take it away from you. But with a 14-year-old, it's not really his or her toy. Young people can't own things, can't sign contracts, and they can't do anything meaningful without parental permission - permission that can be withdrawn at any time. They can't marry, can't have sex, can't legally drink. The list goes on. They are restricted and infantilised to an extraordinary extent." Strange. I have been having precisely this argument with a 'friend' of mine. She is of the opinion that at age 15, with two part time jobs, one is still a little child. We have a fundamental disagreement on this.
- XenZ rated 13 months ago
- Could teenagers competently act like adults if they were allowed more rights? Maybe they act like spolied brats because Western society disempowers them, and allows them no real responsibility or job opportunities until they are in their early 20's. It is indeed true that our education system goes on for far too long - people should be able to obtain degrees by 16 and enter the professional workforce then.
- Meller rated 13 months ago
- This is a great look at how teen culture affects us.
