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[randomness]

The older you get, the more serious the consequences of your actions tend to be. Best to learn about those consequences early, from someone who loves you and means you well, rather than later, from the cold, cruel world, which cares about you not at all.

With the caveat that I am not a parent, it strikes me that delivering those consequences is a crucial--though often difficult and sometimes heartrending--aspect of parenting.

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[r-ness.livejournal.com]

I'm more thinking of what happens if you break the law, or become violent.

There's a sense that if you're a youth, and you commit some transgression on that level, society cuts you a break. This is what juvenile court is all about, after all. And even when you're in your late teens and early 20s, there's a sense that "you're young, you made a mistake".

A guy who commits a crime at age 40 is getting little slack, if any. What he needs then is good legal representation and a lot of luck.

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. I get tired, actually, of hearing the excuse "he's young." I recently heard it applied to a 29 year old and it infuriated me. When do the adult rules kick in?

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

29 is really kind of skating the edge, I'd think.

I made my mistakes at 18, and I feel lucky that they worked out the way that they did. And I've watched 20 year olds have similar outcomes with similar sorts of mistakes. But 29 starts to be a bit of a different story.

[dpolicar]

And not all 20-year-olds are the same age.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

My friends list is testimony to the truth of that statement.