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‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Do people even use the term young adult anymore?

Infantising of adults I think is a huge issue we have in society.

It was the case that 16 was defacto adulthood in years gone by. Now I hear people saying you aren't an adult till 25 or 30! If there are 25 year old wandering around that aren't adults it's a failing of the parents and society.

In school when we hit ~16 we got treated entirely differently, the teachers talked to us instead of parents, we was in control of our time. They joked with us. It really made me grow up because I got treated like a grown up.

Same thing with scouts and rugby when I was younger, being pushed to be responsible made me grow. As eduction improves overtime we should be making more capable 18 year old not less.

*when I use the term young adult I mean ~16. Apparently young adult can also mean 18-25 but I've never seen it used in that context before.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's more of an American thing I think. A 20-year-old child, I've literally seen that phrase used. Mental.

[–] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

with modern science, we have learned that the prefrontal cortex hasn't fully developed until around age 25. does that mean you're a child at 24? no. but you are adolescent, and we should have some cognizance about that

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

I have ADHD, I don't think mine will ever fully develop.

[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world -4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you cannot behave like an adult by the age of 24 there's something more wrong with you than your prefrontal cortex.

[–] Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

This is not about behaviour, it's about brain functions. Humans brains under the age of 25 function in a different way, because they are not fully developed, no matter what behaviour people learnt to show.