Child or Adult?

Normal phases of growing up: Infant, toddler, child, adolescent "teenager", adult.

In our society we are unable to put our middle years into a specific category. Us as teenagers are

expected to know what we want when we get older and are expected to be able to make choices.

But while telling us all of that we are unable to put ourselves into a specific category in society.

Up until we turn 18, we are still under all the guardianship of our parents. Yet, once we turn 18 we

are considered as an adult. Even though we don't have all our opportunities we are still considered

as an adult in trial and law. As we reach our middle years of adolescence we are given rights as we

move up the spectrum. At 16 we can drive, at 17 we can see an "R" rated movie, and at 18 we are

considered as adults and are able to vote. Yet it's not until we are 21 that we begin to have more

privledges. In my point of view us as adolescents are consistently being confused as to where we

fit into society. We are expected to make decisions after high school, yet we still don't have all the

laws and abilities as an adult would have.