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Jan 30, 2011, 03:38 PM
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Member Since: Jan 2011
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 What I want to know is...who determines at what age does a child become an adult? The legal drinking age is 21, the U. S. Government says at 18 you can join the military (yes you can enlist if you're younger with a parent's consent), and a child can be emancipated at the age of 16.
So, who determines the age for child vs. adult? Anywhere that charges for tickets/admission have different rules. For example, Disneyland tickets are priced from 3-9 years and 10 and up, Magic Mountain, child under 48" (this one really gets me), JetBlue Air, 2-13 and 14 and up, United 2-11 and 12 and up. Is it only me that thinks there's something inherently wrong with determining the standards for child vs. adult? Shouldn't there be some consistency? I mean really, using height is simply ludicrous. 
Actually, the only organization that has an understandable determination of age is the Motion Picture Association. Their movie rating system makes sense. PG-13 (not recommended for under 13), R (under 17 requires an accompanying adult) and NC-17 (no one under 17 allowed).
It's bad enough that kids nowadays are under so much pressure to grow up too quickly. At the rate things are going, kids will be born with cell phones in their hands!
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