What do you think is the definition of youth?

Question

What do you think is the definition of youth in terms of age?

Answer 1

This is unexpectedly hard to answer. In terms of age, I would say youth is between 12-25. This age interval to me represents a persons youth.

Answer 2

Under 18

Answer 3

Below 18 because once you are 18, you are considered old enough to make your own decisions in life.... although there are some people who never grow up and always remain just like a kid, even when they get to over 40 years of age. I guess these are just some people who just grow older (they age) but they never grow up!

So, to me youth is between 12 years to 18 years in term of age but in terms of maturity, it varies with individuals!

Answer 4

Whatever age I happen to be at the moment.
My defination of youth keeps getting older!
40 IS the new 20!

Answer 5

Youth is wasted on the young

Answer 6

Coming-of-age ceremonies are held when a child or youth
becomes recognized as an adult for the first time.
These rituals were and are found in almost all
aboriginal societies.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/wicpuber.htm

A rite of passage celebrating fertility and adulthood
between ages 13 and 18, often held on Beltane (May
Day). Rituals may include the choosing of personal
deities, the taking of a circle name, and blessings and
magical gifts from the coven.
http://www.beliefnet.com/index/index_10191.html

Coming of age is a young person's transition from
adolescence to adulthood. The age at which this
transition takes place varies in society, as does the
nature of the transition. It can be a simple legal
convention or can be part of a ritualistic cycle,
similar to those once practiced by many societies. In
the past, and in some societies today, such a change is
associated with the age of sexual maturity
(mid-adolescence); in others, it is associated with an
age of religious responsibility. Particularly in
western societies, modern legal conventions which
stipulate points in late adolescence or early adulthood
(most commonly 18 and 21, at which time adolescents are
generally no longer considered children and are granted
the full rights of an adult) are the focus of the
transition. In either case, many cultures retain
ceremonies to confirm the coming of age, and
significant benefits come with the change.

In traditional Latino cultures there is a tradition
very similar to that of the Bat Mitzvah in the Jewish
faith. For a young Latina woman, Quinceañera, Los
Quince or La Fiesta de Quince (Fifteenth Birthday or
The Party of the Fifteenth Birthday) is a rite of
passage signifying that she has reached the age of
adulthood.

Many American girls and some boys celebrate their 16th
birthday by means of a sweet sixteen, which is
considered an important milestone, as this is the age
in which one may obtain a driver's license or an
automobile.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_age

The transition from childhood to adulthood is a
difficult process. For teenagers it is a confusing time
involving tremendous physical and emotional change.
Psychologist Carl Jung notes that this is a time when
children seek individuation or the development of the
self as distinctive from mother and father. This
individuation process is a period of growing
responsibility and separation from the family group.
Many (if not all) cultures have rituals that aid in
this key transition from child to adult. The completion
of the ritual initiates a new period and position in
life. In the United States, initiation rituals are
exemplified by such events as getting one's driver's
license, attending a prom, and participating in a
commencement ceremony. These occurrences symbolically
identify a readiness for proceeding into adulthood.
Certain artifacts are associated with these rituals,
such as special dresses, tuxedos, corsages,
mortarboards, robes or diplomas.
http://www.longwood.edu/lcva/initiation.html

The period in the human lifespan in which full physical
and intellectual maturity have been attained. Adulthood
is commonly thought of as beginning at age 20 or 21
years. Middle age, commencing at about 40 years, is
followed by old age at about 60 years.
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9003807/adulthood

(1) The Hindu texts have described several periods of
life time. Baalyam means childhood period upto 10 years
of age. The period between 12 years and 25 years is
called Koumaaram which roughly corresponds with
adolescence. Within this period, Kurra means the age of
16. This is called the age of eternity. Russian
scientists have found that if the control systems in
the body are maintained at the same level of efficiency
as they are at the age of 16 years, using some
machinery or electronic control system, a person can
live for 10000 years. The Puranas say that people in
Krita Yuga (the golden age according to esoteric texts)
lived for 10000 years. However contrary it may be, this
very age of eternity is also the age of commencement of
the period of gradual death. Some Hindu texts say that
there is divinity in children. The possible
interpretation of this line could be that this process
of gradual death does not touch children until they
reach the age of 16 years. (Most children who die
before the age of 16 are due to external factors,
malnutrition etc). This is verified by the fact that
the percentage of persons who die at the age of 16 are
the lowest compared to any other age. This fact
observed by ancestors went into fairy tales which say
that a princess will die on her 16th birthday. Modern
medicine has found that 'brain sand' starts forming in
the pineal gland after the age of 16. The pineal gland
is the third eye, and it is the seat of Mukya Prana
(chief life) according to ancient Yoga and Tantra
texts. Modern madicine found that a person can lead an
almost normal life evern if 30 to 40 percent of brain
matter is removed. But no person survives if the pineal
gland is removed.

(2) The pulse rate in a new born baby is about 140
beats per minute. This pulse rate gradually reduces
during the Koumaaram period and settles down to it's
stable value of 76 beats per minute after the age of 24
years. Different sects in the world have different
criteria to daclare a person to become a youth. The
Indian tradition says that a person becomes a youth on
his 25th birth day, taking the stable heat beat value
into consideration.

(3) Modern psychologists treat the period from 35 to 40
years as middle-age crisis period. Most of the people
may not feel much during this period. However for those
few persons who experience its full intensity, it will
be like a mini-death. In English, 'flourit' means the
age of dawning of wisdom; it also means the age of 40.
(See a multi-volume dictionary in a library). Energy in
the body will be at its highest during the youth period
from 25 to 40 years of age.

(4) The period from 40 to 60 years is called the
declining period of youth-hood. It is also the period
of gaining wisdom.

Answer 7

Youth is when everything is a game then suddenly your in the real world.

Answer 8

i think the definaion of youth is what u make it, u can be 16 or 60 and still enjoy yourself like a mother f***er, dont think theres such thing as gettin old these days ;-)

Answer 9

General speaking 29 and younger

Answer 10

someone who thinks they're all mature and ready to be independent and thinks that his parents are the stupidest people alive yet he still manages to put empty cereal boxes back up in the cupboard.