Teenagers are mature enough to make their own decisions. Give your views for this subject.
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I think one idea which should help you get your message across is to address the topic of increased privileges for increased responsibilities.
In other words, if the adults you are addressing are generally reasonable parents, they would probably be attracted to the idea of allowing their kids to make more and more life decisions as they prove themselves more and more responsible.
For example, if a responsible 16-year-old young lady wants to go on a date, unsupervised, the parents might impose a midnight curfew. If the young lady returns by curfew time, perhaps the parents could could, over time, progressively push back the curfew time if their daughter abides by each new curfew.
Or let us say a son who is begging his parents to allow him to get his learner’s permit in preparation for getting a driver’s license is allowed by law to get a learner’s permit at age 16. In the boy’s fifteenth year, his parents test him by giving him progressively greater responsibilities, whether they are “chores,” or getting at least a B average on his report card, or taking a driver’s ed course at his high school once he has his learner’s permit.
I think the idea of progressively greater privileges in keeping with progressively greater responsibilities would appeal to an adult