I wish the age of majority were 21 rather than 18.  I think a lot of
maturing goes on between those ages.  Also, people these days expect so
little of young people before the age of majority and expect so much of them
after that magic age comes it is hard for them to make the proper
adjustments.  I sometimes think society  sets our children up to fail.  At
least it is very hard for them to succeed with all the pressures to go the
wrong way in life.
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From: Kathy Du Bois <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 5:25 AM
Subject: Re: A real Church


> Rhonda,
> It is sad to me that the government is set up in such a way so that
> age 18 is treated like some magical number at which we turn from
> child to adult, like midnight in Sinderella or something.  It doesn't
> help these kids and it certainly hasn't helped my Christopher.  It's
> not like he went to bed on the eve of his 18th birthday thinking like
> a child and then, when he woke up in the morning, he was capable of
> making adult decisions and gained a lot of wisdom during the
> night.  They're all still children in so many ways, but the
> government says, "no, no!  They're adults now.  Let them free
> fall."  The government wins and humanity loses.
> Kathy
>
>
> At 03:27 PM 11/25/2005, you wrote:
> >That is a wonderful story,  and it is sad how kids are just left to sort
of
> >figure out how to survive on their own, not enough that  they've lived in
> >foster care, and missed having their own family, but then they are just
> >pushed away as though no one has time for them any more!
> >Thank God, that  your church saw a need, and better than just seeing, did
> >something about it!
> >Rhonda