At what age do you consider someone to be an adult?

pekt
2025-02-09T06:28:52Z

I've been rereading The Fellowship of the Ring and saw the mention of Hobbits having their coming of age at 33.
"At that time Frodo was still in his tweens, as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and coming of age at thirty-three."

It made me wonder what all of your opinions are on adulthood/coming of age. Some questions I thought might be interesting around this topic include:

Are there any coming of age ceremonies where you live or that you partook in?

Are there any coming of age ceremonies you've heard of that you think would have been cool to participate in or think should be more widely adopted?

When did you feel like you were an adult?

Do you think the legal age that someone is considered an adult in your country should be changed?

Do you think there are some things that should be age gated beyond the age of legal adult good? (I.e.: in the US alcohol being restricted to those who are 21+ years of age while someone is a legal adult at 18.)

Curious to see your thoughts on this!

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