Question:
DO YOU THINK A 16 YR OLD IS A KID OR ADULT??!?
anonymous
2010-10-08 16:21:23 UTC
state your age please then answer...IM 16 and i want to know...DONT say teenager thats obvious..im asking kid or adult
26 answers:
anonymous
2010-10-08 16:26:32 UTC
Why does everything have to be a dichotomy? :)



Personally I would classify you as neither fully an adult NOR fully a kid. You're in that crazy, intense transitional phase. (Which can be great fun for some, and completely horrible for others.)



..But of course, there are individual differences between 16-year-olds. Some are mature for their age in regards to mental development, and others are rather immature. As for how mature YOU are, I find that hard to tell.
Wasabi
2010-10-08 16:24:03 UTC
There are legally defined children who have been through more, been responsible and held accountable for, and have been more productive and mature than adults.



There are adults who have no worldly experience, never grew up, and are untrustworthy and immature.



Yet, in this day and age we feel very obligated to define whatever comes across our paths to save time. Kids are considered immature and incompetent, useless and burdening. Adults are supposed to be the trustworthy and productive human beings, however this is often not the case. We're just too busy/lazy (can't decide which) to look at people as individuals rather than how long it's been since they popped out of the cooch.



Simply put, some kids are adults and some adults are still kids.



It depends on the way you look at it, and how long we've all been in this world.



Centuries ago, you were an adult as soon as you seemed big enough to join the military or until you sprouted boobs, so a nobleman could marry you. Each culture has it's own ideas regarding maturity, our current society happens to put an age limit on everything in order to define every person and our capabilities. That is likely to change within a few more centuries as well; we are evolving as people mentally, socially, and biologically.



Physically, on a typical scale, you're as good as any adult. Every other species gains reproductive ability and BAM, they're out there.



Mentally, I don't know you and I don't know your reputation and abilities. So, I can't make that judgment.
Back again
2010-10-08 16:36:32 UTC
I'm 58. The level of maturity for a 16 yr. old has much to do with the surrounding circumstances.

If a person is babied and coddled they won't be as mature as one who has had proper instruction about responsibility.

Also some at 16 have had to man up and take on adult responsibilities, there is no hard fast rule,

some at 16 are far more mature and adult in their attitude than some 30 yr. olds are.
anonymous
2010-10-08 16:38:34 UTC
I'm 17. Age 16-18 we are neither. we are nothings. but unforutnetely we don't even get that. No, we're kids when it suits other people and adults when it doesn't. When you think about it, it's ironic that we are considered free-willed and free-thinking at 16-18 yet we don't REALLY get a say in who we are when we like. No child discounts, yet we can't buy alcohol, we can study A level politics and have more idea than many "adults" yet we can't vote. We can drive, but many of us can't afford cars on under 18 minimum wages, even public transport fees are against us at 16+. say we did have money, We can rent properties but we can't own them. I study film, yet I can't buy the 18+ DVDs I need because it is presumed that i am a child who can't distinguish reality form art. It's degrading. Fortunately i've now less than a month left of being subjected to agist discrimination.
anonymous
2016-10-18 06:57:44 UTC
Neither. you're a teenager. you're at a perplexing age, neither new child nor person. At 18 women are seen adults, yet men ought to be 21. you would be seen an person by making use of regulation in case you bypass away homestead earlier 18 or 21, you're seen a liberated minor. i be attentive to, it relatively is perplexing. you may vote, & enter the militia at 18, yet are nevertheless seen a minor you will no longer have the potential to sign a binding contract till you're 21. (purchase a vehicle, etc)
anonymous
2010-10-08 16:29:10 UTC
39. A kid-a big kid.An adult can legally and finacially take care of themselves.I thought I was a man when I was 16.I wasn't.A year later with a kid on the way I got a job and my own place and became a man.I was a mature 16 year old -not a man.
Boy Interrupted
2010-10-08 16:26:57 UTC
I believe a 16 year old is between kid and adult. I'm 16.



Some adults act worse then children, it really should be determined by maturity.
Goldmember
2010-10-08 16:25:16 UTC
I'm 15 and i think that an adult would be 21 (at least it is here in NZ) and a 16 year old is a young adult
Alice
2010-10-08 18:27:34 UTC
Well when i was 16 i would've said adult. But i'm 17 so i'd say kid
anonymous
2010-10-08 17:58:01 UTC
Felix Mendelssohn at 16 was a towering genius.
L
2010-10-08 16:55:20 UTC
im 17 and lol we still kids. after u 18 u become a young adult :) hope i helped
anonymous
2010-10-08 16:27:25 UTC
Age does not determine if you are an adult or not.

Trust me, maturity and life experience contribute to it... not age.

And to answer your question, 16 is the age of an adolescent!
Insane_mad_maniak
2010-10-08 16:29:07 UTC
i'm 25,



you may be considered an adult in the eyes of the law in most places, but most people dont actually start acting or thinking like one untill there 20 or over.
Ricky
2010-10-08 16:54:27 UTC
16 is still a kid, though some are on their way to mature adulthood, most are pretty immature.
anonymous
2010-10-08 16:26:25 UTC
Kid! It might feel like you're (almost) an adult, but when you're older you think different about that =)
bluish jay
2010-10-08 16:23:26 UTC
S/he's an adolescent, not a kid nor an adult.
Bliss 333
2010-10-08 16:32:34 UTC
mate can you buy a cigarettes legally ... no

can you buy vodka legally ... no



u mite think ur an adult but in reality ur still a kid ... just 2 more years



STAY GOLD
JustMe
2010-10-08 18:51:30 UTC
I'm 19.



And kid is my answer.
Sir Adam the Strange
2010-10-08 16:28:46 UTC
I'm 16. I got a car,a job and I'm paying bills. I'm still a kid,until I turn 18.
Hawt Sauce
2010-10-08 16:22:15 UTC
im 16. i have a car, im responsible, i get good grades...

and im a kid.
next to normal
2010-10-08 16:28:41 UTC
I'm 16 and I'm pretty sure we're kids. :p
ppl like to stalk me on Y/A
2010-10-08 16:22:39 UTC
im 17



16 is a kid



you're an adult when you're 18
?
2010-10-08 16:25:46 UTC
A child.
da best WR
2010-10-08 16:22:42 UTC
Depends on maturety
anonymous
2010-10-08 16:24:05 UTC
52 and you're still a kid, no matter how old I am.
ontariomale
2010-10-08 20:44:19 UTC
to me there are adolescent


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