Age Of Responsibility

Americans today tend to believe that the current system in place for determining the legal age of responsibility in America is outdated; the age in which a person should be considered an adult should be changed to 25. Although the human brain is not developed til the age of 25 that does not mean that all laws should be moved until you turn 25. In fact 30 percent of American teens are more competent than the median adult in a variety of areas. Showing that theyŕe not yet 25 it proves that people can mature before turning 21 or 25. Therefore I believe that the current system in place for determining the age of responsibility for minors could be improved if starting with the driving age at 16 and then every year thereafter the next major responsibility