Question

Eassy on the topic : Teenagers should be free to do what they like give the statement in for and against

Answer 1

Teenagers should be given more freedom. Please give your views for or against this statement. Please provide me with advantages and disadvantages of this type of freedom.


I actually think teenagers have exactly the right amount of freedom.  In response to the voting/drivers license issue: it is legal to drive at 16 only if the driver has taken and passed drivers-ed class.  Even then, drivers-ed has hardly made better drivers out of teenagers - so many states have adopted the "no driving with anyone outside of family members for 6 months" amendment and put driving "curfews" on drivers under 18.

I think it is optimistic to think that teenagers would be more responsible if given more freedom.  Teenagers, by nature, are irresponsible.  (So are twenty-somethings, mostly.)   Certainly maturity comes with experience.  But there is also a huge amount of maturity that simply comes with age - and part of developing it is getting through the teenage years because of the lack of freedoms within them.  Kids of all ages thrive inside of boundaries.  Removal of some boundaries, too soon, would be disasterous.

Optional attendance senior year?  Maybe if they were PAYING for the education... many universities actually have attendance policies and to tell a teenager that in the working world, attendance is optional, is as bad as lying to them.  It isn't really optional - if they wish to KEEP THEIR JOBS and actually GET PAID.

For all the tests we give teenagers in school, the one test that seems to slip under the radar time and again is the test of commitment.

Well said!  Studies have revealed that a teen's ability to reason is not yet fully developed, so the guidance of parents in important matters is yet needed.  Voting?  Many of the older teens who voted in the Presidential election were ignorant of important issues, to say the least. Reports showed that they voted because of a by-word, the appearance and likablitity of the candidate and other superfluous reasons (Granted, many adults were equally as ignorant of issues). Perhaps everyone should be tested on political and economic issues before voting....

Many European countries do not issue driver's licenses to people until they are 18, not 16, interestingly.  Accidents are fewer with teens there, also. 

What is the rush, anyway?  With freedom comes responsibility; so, is not youth a delightful time?  There are years and years and years that one must carry all the burdens of life him/herself.  It is a tremendous relief to have a loving parent who takes this burden for us for a while.