My 18-year-old daughter considers herself no longer a "teen," but now an adult. I consider people "teens," as in "teen pregnancy," from ages 13-19.
Are there different definitions in the Sociology books, compared with the on-the-street definitions used by young people today?
2007-12-23 20:58:58 · 12 answers · asked by embroidery fan 7 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
I recently graduated with my BA degree and I recall having this same conversation on one of my classes. I had to do a presentation earlier this year regarding child abuse and had to define teen. I researched what it means exactly and there are so many definitions. Laws & other research defined a child as a teen in various areas in the US and other countries from 11, 12 or 13 up to the age of 17, some do 18, and some do 19. I suppose it depends on where you look. For the presentation I chose a range of ages and simply stated that all of my research did not define for certain one definition that fits. To me I believe a teen is13-19 as well, however I do remember when I was 18 about 5-6 years ago I didn't seem to think I was a teen anymore at all :)
2007-12-23 21:06:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I consider a teenager ages 13-19 the ages that end with teen. Legally a female is a grown up when they are 18 and a male at 21 but, that means a female is grown up at 18 but is still a teen. A male is grown up at 21 but he is an adult. That is where the phrase girls mature faster than boys comes from!
2007-12-24 11:35:13 · answer #2 · answered by cbjbkd000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
denotationally, teenagers are those that belong to 13-19 years of age. that's where the word "teen"came from.
in some developmental psychology, a young adult can be from, 19 - 40 years of age.
probably when she said that she's already an adult, she was saying that she is mature now and she can stand on her own.
adulthood then can be the subjective reality of a person.
have a nice day! merry Christmas! ^_^
2007-12-23 21:10:30 · answer #3 · answered by Timawa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There can only be one correct definition of the word teenager and that is from ages 13 - 19. Your daughter is simply an adult teenager ( if she thinks and behaves like one ).
2007-12-23 22:09:45 · answer #4 · answered by john c 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think you are both right. She is a teen as in, between 13-19, but legally she is an adult. She can make her own decisions, you are no longer responsible for her or her actions in the eyes of the law.
2007-12-23 21:05:21 · answer #5 · answered by Bret N 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
she qualifies as both - teenager and adult
we just had a teenager (18) arrested for armed robbery
with a firearm
it will be 10 years before he sees the light of freedom, again
NOW - was that an adult decision and was that $70 from the pizza shop worth it? or was it a stupid teenage mistake?
tell her in two years the point will be moot - and this poor
adult will have 8 more years to go
a very Merry Christmas to you and your family
2007-12-23 21:05:48 · answer #6 · answered by tom4bucs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12-19
2016-02-10 03:44:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-10 22:53:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ages 12-15 after that they are yound adults. And of course after that they are adults.
2007-12-24 01:37:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, no. if ur age ends in "--teen" then u are a teenager.
period. tell her to come back and tell u that when she turns 21.
2007-12-23 23:06:29 · answer #10 · answered by Angelisurifrie 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋