CYP Now - Let young adults make their own life choices

Are we getting older sooner or staying young longer? It's a long-debated question, but society and government seem to be coming to the view that we remain children longer.

In the past week there have been calls for under-21s to face tougher drink driving rules than other adults and London Mayor Boris Johnson is now mooting restrictions on under-21s buying booze. And these calls follow hikes in the legal age for buying cigarettes and knives, plans to raise the education leaving age and talk of increasing the driving age.

This trend obviously undermines the Votes at 16 campaign - after all, why should you be able to choose the government if you're deemed too immature to buy a kitchen knife? But this trend is harmful to more than just calls to lower the voting age.

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