So 20th century (Score 1)

Why is it that 15 year olds are treated as if they are young, naive, and adolecent. Before the 20th century a 15 year old could very well be in college, on his own, finishing up her study on how to become a blacksmith. . . the responsibilities of being an adult nowadays are even less than what they were back then. . .how many times do you have to worry about famine or if you 'break your leg you will die' type situations? Not often. This idea that is floating around that kids are being forced to grow up faster and faster is nonsense, if anything over the past 100 years a 15 year old has been sheltered. A female at fifteen may have very well been married and had a few kids in the 1750's, and a male may have been opening his own shop at the time. I don't see how the world has changed THAT MUCH that people grow up so much slower. . . .blah blah, I am ranting on and on about something I don't know nearly enough about, but anyway, I think it is a good observation and just because we have a larger quantity of knowledge then we did a hundred years ago, it doesn't mean that the quality of knowledge should be effecting a 15 year old in a more difficult or challenging way then a hundred or a thousand years ago. . . anyway, i'll shut up now :-)