[Rod D]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Speaking from a criminal justice perspective, an 18 year old is not always treated the same as an adult. We have youthful offender programs for exactly the reason that what we know about this age group is that they sometimes do really stupid things, but are capable of reform.

Regardless of the education these children receive, they're going to make dumb choices. Especially in males, the pre-frontal cortex, which governs inhibition, i.e., the part of your brain that tells the rest of the brain it's being an asshat, isn't fully formed in most until age 26.

Destroying them for bad decisions they can learn from makes no sense. We get this in the criminal justice system. The interwebs can catch up.

What he said.