Soapbox Alert. This is one of the "soapboxes" I dust off from time to time stand up and rattle on about.
I'm not a fan of granting "adult-children" all the privileges and none of the responsibilities of adulthood.
"Florida 627.6562 allows for dependent children up to 25, who live with their parent or are a student, and up to 30 years old, who are also unmarried and have no dependent child of their own, to remain on their parents' insurance."
I'm concerned about laws like this that keep pushing out the "age of maturity."
Yes, it's optional... now... but how long until it's mandated that parents become obligated by governmental laws to financially support extended adolescence?
When our 18 and 21 year old RADs were attacking us as "young adults" we were eager to find out FL laws regarding our responsibilities toward our "adult children." I was grateful to find out over-18, unless court ordered (usually through divorce) we were not obligated to financially support their foolishness. Other states currently require parents to support their "children" up until age 21!
I keep hearing "brain experts" say they've used technology to examine the brains of 18-21 year-olds and have found them to be immature and "incapable" of making mature adult decisions. No wonder! Our bodies were created in such a way that unused parts atrophy! That goes for brain cells too! If all the little "Jacob"s and little "Sophia"s born last year are not enabled/encouraged/expected by the world surrounding them to begin "doing for themselves" until age thirty... how well prepared will they be when age 30 actually hits?
I can't help but wonder if our "Let's put a video game in their hands and call them 'children' till they're 30" culture has stunted brain development of our young people.
I KNOW with our early traumatized youth... there is more to their capabilities than what our culture expects of them... but this whole "Congratulations, you have all the rights and none of the responsibilities of an adult" world of insanity is not helping.
I'm just saying!
Interesting International news on related topics
http://www.loweringthebar.net/2011/04/man-who-sued-parents-gets-30-days-to-move-out.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/08/02/us-italy-mother-idUSL0288587220070802
I'm not a fan of granting "adult-children" all the privileges and none of the responsibilities of adulthood.
"Florida 627.6562 allows for dependent children up to 25, who live with their parent or are a student, and up to 30 years old, who are also unmarried and have no dependent child of their own, to remain on their parents' insurance."
I'm concerned about laws like this that keep pushing out the "age of maturity."
Yes, it's optional... now... but how long until it's mandated that parents become obligated by governmental laws to financially support extended adolescence?
When our 18 and 21 year old RADs were attacking us as "young adults" we were eager to find out FL laws regarding our responsibilities toward our "adult children." I was grateful to find out over-18, unless court ordered (usually through divorce) we were not obligated to financially support their foolishness. Other states currently require parents to support their "children" up until age 21!
I keep hearing "brain experts" say they've used technology to examine the brains of 18-21 year-olds and have found them to be immature and "incapable" of making mature adult decisions. No wonder! Our bodies were created in such a way that unused parts atrophy! That goes for brain cells too! If all the little "Jacob"s and little "Sophia"s born last year are not enabled/encouraged/expected by the world surrounding them to begin "doing for themselves" until age thirty... how well prepared will they be when age 30 actually hits?
I can't help but wonder if our "Let's put a video game in their hands and call them 'children' till they're 30" culture has stunted brain development of our young people.
I KNOW with our early traumatized youth... there is more to their capabilities than what our culture expects of them... but this whole "Congratulations, you have all the rights and none of the responsibilities of an adult" world of insanity is not helping.
I'm just saying!
Interesting International news on related topics
http://www.loweringthebar.net/2011/04/man-who-sued-parents-gets-30-days-to-move-out.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/08/02/us-italy-mother-idUSL0288587220070802
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