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Summary: Do Kids Become Adults

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The title of this selection asks, ¨When Do Kids Become Adults?¨ Based on the articles in the section I came up to the conclusion that there is no exact age for an adult. This is because there are no exact answers based on science, historical events, or political answers.
To start, in ¨What the Brain says about Maturity¨ it mentions that the systems of the brain responsible for logical reasoning starts at age 16, however they make egregious decisions and are still immature in ways that diminish their criminal responsibility as noted by Supreme Court. An important fact mentioned in the article is that there is no single age at which the adolescent brain becomes an adult brain. By this alone it proves that there is no exact age to becoming an
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