Thank you. If we deny 24 year olds agency we’re just stunting them. At a certain point inability to make mistakes just prevents growth. Little kids need to learn that physics doesn’t care that it hurt them. Teenagers need to relearn that lesson alongside lessons of how to interact among their peers and tired hold their burgeoning freedom. People in their early 20s need the full freedom of adults who can suffer long term consequences because even if they still had maturing to do that’s part of it. Rather than denying them agency maybe we should be building safety nets and saying “hey I get it I did stupid shit in my early 20s too”, but also those should extend to all ages because I’m still doing stupid shit in my 30s and I don’t expect to ever look back 5-10 years back and think I would make all the same choices.
Thank you. If we deny 24 year olds agency we’re just stunting them. At a certain point inability to make mistakes just prevents growth. Little kids need to learn that physics doesn’t care that it hurt them. Teenagers need to relearn that lesson alongside lessons of how to interact among their peers and tired hold their burgeoning freedom. People in their early 20s need the full freedom of adults who can suffer long term consequences because even if they still had maturing to do that’s part of it. Rather than denying them agency maybe we should be building safety nets and saying “hey I get it I did stupid shit in my early 20s too”, but also those should extend to all ages because I’m still doing stupid shit in my 30s and I don’t expect to ever look back 5-10 years back and think I would make all the same choices.