Why do people call me a kid? I'm 15, am I?

Answer 1

What do you think you are, an adult?
Do you drive? Own a home? Work?

You're a child until the age of 18.
But many still act like children until 25.. or later.

Just enjoy being a kid for now.
Don't try to grow up too fast.
Once you really are an adult, you will wish you were 15 again=)

Answer 2

i agree with you we are kids we are in between the stages of a child and an adult. i liked to be called a teenager for once

I'm 16. I will turn 17 in january and by law 16 is old enough to put someone behind the wheel of a dangerous object( A CAR) so i would like people to stop calling anyone over 14 a kid.

Answer 3

Iam 24 married and have a 9 month old son. Iam still a kid. What the hell do I know?

What the hell can you possibly know at 15?

Yes you're still a kid. You're acting and practicing to be an adult, but you're still a kid. I think 30 is the magic number, until then its all motions and reciting, but after thirty it all makes sense.

Answer 4

People call me a kid and I'm 23. I call people younger than me kids too.. What's the big deal?

Answer 5

I'm 15 too, and I call myself and my friends 'kids' and sometimes 'kiddies'.

I guess maybe you feel that people are underestimating you by calling you a kid. But what they really mean is that you're a 'big' kid.

Yay big kids!

Answer 6

your 15 you are a kid not saying that offensively .
I am 14 but i am still a kid.

Think about it this way your a kid but a more mature kid until you get to 18.

You probably never payed bills, never paid a mortage, or any of those other bils adults pay

Answer 7

Read "The History of Childhood" by Lloyd de Mause

Excellent book on how childhood was artificially 'extended' into the teenage years........ you might find it interesting. Amazon has it - here's one of the reviews:

"This revolutionary book impacted not only childhood history but history in general, as well as psychology and the hybrid field of psychohistory. The scholarly contributions remain essential reading for those who wish to look candidly at the past and the introduction by deMause is simply epochal. His view that adult and social violence have their origins in childhood has been vindicated by the most important studies of the subject, including James Gilligan's "Violence," Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Rhodes's "Why They Kill," and Anna Motz's groundbreaking study of female violence "The Psychology of Female Violence," the latter two having drawn on the works of deMause. Accordingly, this book is important not only for understanding our past, but as an indicator of where much fruitful scholarship is going to be done in the future. This work has rightly been praised by such noted historians as William Langer, Past President of the American Historical Association, and Rudolph Binion, as well as many luminaries from the field of psychology including psychiatrist Morton Schatzman, and eminent therapists like Reuben Fine and Alice Miller, who has drawn extensively on deMause's work. I concur with the New York Review of Books that this work is "Brilliant...bold...challenging." I would also add "indispensable." I cannot recommend this work too highly."

Answer 8

your not old enough too
drive
work
pay your own bills
live and take care of your self
at 15 you dont have a hs diploma
or enough experience in life to understand the true meaning of an adult. Dont take it as critism ok try not to grow up too fast i use to get pist when i was refered to as a kid at at 16 i was living on my own but in reality and my mentality I was just a kid and take it in stride!

Answer 9

Most people consider anyone under the age of 17 a child, I know you don't like that idea but face it until you can support yourself and provide a roof and food for yourself, living under your parents roof and in school enjoy being a child. Best of luck.

Answer 10

A kid is someone under 18.