How young is too young?

[BetheButterfly]

You guys are failing to note the great achievements of the young people today. Responsibility and (real) maturity are quite invisible traits honestly. I think nowadays kids have to grow up fast as well, to have hope later in life.

 

Not all kids nowadays have to or do grow up fast, but those are good points.

 

Athletes start their careers at 11, 12, even earlier. There are so many examples of teen prodigies like madeon or Justin Bieber, or the 16 year olds on american idol. Canadian hockey stars are selected at an incredibly young age.

True. However, fame and fortune and success does not guarantee the emotional maturity needed to keep a relationship strong. For example, it is not a surprise that Justin Beiber and Selena Gomez broke up. While they are both highly successful and have experienced fame and fortune through their talents at a young age, that does not guarantee that their relationship would stay strong through the years.

 

The divorce rate has increased, meaning more children living with only one parent. There's a world of temptation, in the form of drugs and alcohol, at their fingertips. In order for someone to be successful, they have to grow up, and grow up fast.

True and sobering points, but that does not mean that children nowadays who experience these temptations are emotionally mature enough to have sex with a person who is older/younger than them or their same age.

 

Really, the only calamity I see with today's youth is the immense victim culture. So many youth feel like they can't change their circumstances, sometimes using this to not even take responsibility for their own actions, and rather than fixing it they just bitch and moan about it.

 

But the successful ones don't.

 

The successful ones find a solution and apply it.

Very good points. Personally, I think that successful youth focus on their careers and future from an early age, not on having sex with people who are older than them...

Edited April 9, 2013 by BetheButterfly