https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76 Add quotes and statistics en-us 2023-04-17 16:27:18 UTC 2025-08-04 02:51:43 UTC hello@padlet.com jbrubaker1 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557260926 2023-04-17 16:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557260926 jbrubaker1 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557263086 2023-04-17 16:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557263086 jbrubaker1 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557269019 2023-04-17 16:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557269019 jbrubaker1 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557275480 2023-04-17 16:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557275480 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557601743 2023-04-17 21:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557601743 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557601756 David Davenport: The last time the voting age was changed nationally was in 1971, with the adoption of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution. With 18-year olds fighting in Vietnam, it seemed wrong to say they couldn’t vote for their national leaders until they were 21.
Source: No We Should not lower the voting age]]> 2023-04-17 21:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557601756 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557601917 “When adolescents did the test with the knowledge that their friends were able to see them, it activated the
brain’s reward centers and they tended to go through those yellow lights much more often. We didn’t see the
same behaviors or such activation in adults,”
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YFUgjXLD7VS3dWgNRzzY5u8WKQ_M47_g - paragraph 3 in "A Brain 'Imbalance'"]]> 2023-04-17 21:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557601917 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557602258 2023-04-17 21:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557602258 aburton26787 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557602469 Proponents of lowering the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) from 21 argue that it has not stopped teen drinking, and has instead pushed underage binge drinking into private and less controlled environments, leading to more health and life-endangering behavior by teens.
-https://drinkingage.procon.org/]]> 2023-04-17 21:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557602469 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557602664 "Although tried as an adult, [Jose] served his sentence in Juvenile Hall, and by all accounts has turned his life around."- Frontline PBS, "Four Kids, Four Crimes"]]> 2023-04-17 21:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557602664 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557603686 "Children housed in an adult jail or prison are up to 9 times more likely to commit suicide than those in juvenile facilities" ~ eji.org]]> 2023-04-17 21:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557603686 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557604151 He is not hopeful about his chances of remaining out of prison for life. He says, "It might as well be a done deal. Two strikes. . . . I am only 18 years old. I plan to live until I am 50, I'm not perfect. I don't know, I don't think I'm going to make it, you know? I don't think I'm going to stay out for good."]]> 2023-04-17 21:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557604151 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557604652 2023-04-17 21:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557604652 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557605575 'But until recently, these legal protections didn’t apply to children accused of committing violent crimes. Children were executed in the U.S. until 2005, and only in the last decade has the Supreme Court limited death-in-prison sentences for children.'- Children in Adult Prison]]> 2023-04-17 21:53:29 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557605575 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557606379 "A 2019 Hill-HarrisX poll found that 84% of registered voters opposed lowering the voting age to 16. The poll found every age group was against 16-year-olds voting, with the most support found among those under 35 where still only 39% were in favor."-Procon.org "Lowering the Voting Age"]]> 2023-04-17 21:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557606379 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557607736 A person who votes in one election has a 13% greater probability of voting in a future election. [19] Researchers say that people who participate in elections when they first reach voting age are likely to develop the habit of voting, and those who don’t are more likely to remain nonvoters.]]> 2023-04-17 21:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557607736 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557607781 "In neurobiology, maturity is perceived to be complex because the brain's temporal development process is not uniform across all its regions. ...recent studies have specifically shown that the frontal lobe finishes maturing at ~30 years of age, later than the other regions...this has important consequences for adolescents' behavior" ~ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.]]> 2023-04-17 21:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557607781 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557607962 Combine a lack of consequences with the thrill of breaking the law, and MLDA 21 actually encourages underage drinking and potentially other illegal activities, such as driving while intoxicated and illicit drug use. Lowering the MLDA would make 18- to 20-year-olds subject to the same laws enforced for those 21 and over. ]]> 2023-04-17 21:57:33 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557607962 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557608264 Alexander Wagenaar: "lowering the legal limit to 18 would only mean pushing the drinking problem further down to 16- and 17- year-olds."
Source: What is the age of respondsibility paragraph 18]]> 2023-04-17 21:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557608264 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557608293 "We see that teenagers have strong cognitive skills, where they’re up to adult [cognition] levels around 16 years of age. And they can make good decisions. In fact, they can often
make good decisions much more quickly than you or I could when it’s not an emotionally charged moment..."-"The Teen Brain in a Grown-Up World"]]> 2023-04-17 21:58:12 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557608293 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557608692 "Some states strictly prohibit placing children in adult jails or prisons, but a majority still allow children to be incarcerated in adult prisons and jails, where they are at the highest risk of being sexually assaulted. Thousands of young people have been assaulted, raped, and traumatized as a result." ]]> 2023-04-17 21:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557608692 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557608968 2023-04-17 21:59:27 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557608968 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557609078 "According to the NSDUH report, about 5.9 million Americans between the ages of 12 and 20 report current alcohol consumption; this represents 15% of this age group for whom alcohol consumption is illegal" ~responsibility.org.]]> 2023-04-17 21:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557609078 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557609105 "Some
institutions-say, a law school financial aid office-dictate that a young person is expected to lean on her parents

financially until age 30. Others— say, a health insurance company—say that no, a young person is actually
expected to stand on her own two feet at age 19." -https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YFUgjXLD7VS3dWgNRzzY5u8WKQ_M47_g Paragraph 11]]> 2023-04-17 21:59:41 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557609105 aburton26787 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557609480  Shawn would be allowed to leave the facility during the day to attend community college classes, private counseling sessions, and Narcotics Anonymous meetings. Eventually he was even allowed to go home for meals with his family. -http://ec2-75-101-148-34.compute-1.amazonaws.com/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/four/shawn.html]]> 2023-04-17 22:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557609480 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557610692 "With 18-year olds fighting in Vietnam, it seemed wrong to say they couldn’t vote for their
national leaders until they were 21. In other words, there was some serious and logical reason to make the
change, which doesn’t seem evident here." - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YFUgjXLD7VS3dWgNRzzY5u8WKQ_M47_g paragraph 3]]> 2023-04-17 22:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557610692 aburton26787 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557611038 at about 16 or 17 years of
age, a teenager’s performance on the tasks that measure those abilities is highly dependent on emotional and
social information. - the teen brain in a grown-up world]]> 2023-04-17 22:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557611038 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557611178 "The report argues that children and teens should not be held to the same standard of accountability for their actions as grown-ups, citing research that shows the developmental differences between adolescents and adults. These findings indicate that the prefrontal cortex, which governs the “executive functions” of reasoning, advanced thinking and impulse control, is one of the last areas of the brain to mature."]]> 2023-04-17 22:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557611178 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557611195 dahlia]]> 2023-04-17 22:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557611195 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557611656 Alcohol consumption can interfere with development of the young adult brain’s frontal lobes (essential for emotional regulation, planning, and organization) which can increase the risk for chronic problems such as vulnerability to addiction, dangerous risk-taking, reduced decision-making ability, memory loss, depression, violence, and suicide.- Should the Drinking Age be Lowered from 21 to a Younger Age]]> 2023-04-17 22:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557611656 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557612133 “The brain volume, the total volume, doesn’t really change, but we lose about 1% of gray matter starting around
13 and we gain about 1% of white matter at the same time, and that trade off keeps going,” Shatkin said.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YFUgjXLD7VS3dWgNRzzY5u8WKQ_M47_g]]> 2023-04-17 22:05:22 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557612133 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557612186 The law protects children younger than 14 because their brains are still developing—they have less judgment, maturity, and knowledge than adults, and kids under 14 are even less responsible and more vulnerable than older teens. But when a young child is accused of a crime, these legal protections vanish, allowing kids under 14 to be prosecuted in adult court and sentenced to adult prison, even for life.]]> 2023-04-17 22:05:28 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557612186 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557612762 "Jails and prisons are dangerous places for anybody, but especially for children and teens. Many of these institutions house vicious predators who have been locked up for brutal violent crimes. Yet on any given day, approximately 9,500 juveniles under the age of 18 are locked up in adult penal institutions. Children as young as 15 can be prosecuted as adults in many states without review by a judge or a court hearing." - para. 1 
https://www.childrensdefense.org/child-watch-columns/health/2008/juveniles-dont-belong-in-adult-prisons/]]> 2023-04-17 22:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557612762 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557612879 "Studies indicate that when the drinking age is 21, those younger than 21 drink less and continue to drink less through their early 20s, and that youth who do not drink until they are 21 tend to drink less as adults."]]> 2023-04-17 22:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557612879 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557612937 Experts say that 16- and 17-year-olds demonstrate lower interest in politics, have less political knowledge, and lack the experience needed to participate in elections]]> 2023-04-17 22:07:03 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557612937 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557613294 McCardell- "Lowering the legal limit to 18 would only mean pushing the drinking problem further down to 16- and 17- year-olds. He believes that lowering the drinking age would be disastrous. After states set the age at 21, he says, teen highway deaths immediately dropped by 15 to 20 percent. "
Source: what is the age of responsibility
paragraph 18

]]> 2023-04-17 22:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557613294 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557714519 We shouldn't lower the voting age to 16: "researchers generally agree that the brain is still developing until the mid-20s,
with moral reasoning and abstract thought coming later in the cycle than previously thought."
Paragraph 4]]> 2023-04-18 00:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557714519 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557821282 David Davenport-"My concern is if 16-year-olds were allowed to vote on any kind of broad scale, what we’d actually be doing is bringing the least politically informed, the least politically experienced, the least mature in terms of making long-term judgments and trade-offs, directly into and potentially affecting our voter turnout and results.”
source Should the Voting Age be Lowered in the US? Top 3 Pros and Cons (procon.org) 
con 2 - The 18-29 age group has extremely low voter turnout numbers, suggesting that people aren't ready to vote until later in life.]]> 2023-04-18 01:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557821282 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557829167 "Many kids who are transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution are automatically placed in adult jails and prisons. Some states strictly prohibit placing children in adult jails or prisons, but a majority still allow children to be incarcerated in adult prisons and jails, where they are at the highest risk of being sexually assaulted. Thousands of young people have been assaulted, raped, and traumatized as a result."
source Children in Adult Prison (eji.org) 

]]> 2023-04-18 02:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557829167 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557868972 "Some supporters of holding the drinking age steady acknowledge that 21, when it comes right down to it, is an arbitrary age"
Source: what is the age of responsibility 
Paragraph 18]]> 2023-04-18 02:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557868972 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557892356 "Consequently, in most states, a 10-year-old charged with murder can be tried as an adult. Slightly older teens can be tried in adult courts for virtually every other crime."
Source: what is the age of responsibility
Paragraph 4 ]]> 2023-04-18 02:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2557892356 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558970796 2023-04-18 17:34:49 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558970796 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558971751 We shouldn't lower the voting age to 16: Two cities in Maryland—Tacoma Park (population 10,000) and Hyattsville (population 18,000)—have lowered the
voting age to 16 for municipal elections only. In the primaries, 22 states allow 17-year olds to vote if they will turn 18 prior to the general election in the fall.
Paragraph 5]]> 2023-04-18 17:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558971751 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558972372 "...the newest brain research suggests that
adolescence is a time of exceptional plasticity, where the brain can remodel itself in response to the
environment."- "The Teen Brain in a Grown-Up World" by Kayt Sukel]]> 2023-04-18 17:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558972372 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558973322 2023-04-18 17:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558973322 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558973572 "...brain regions involved with rewards and motivation, like the nucleus accumbens and striatum, mature much more quickly than the prefontal cortex, the brain's executive control center. The result is a neurobiological recipe for risk-taking: A brain that puts high premium on rewards but lacks the maturity to think things through and put the brakes on behaviours that could result in unhealthy consequences" ~ Sukel.]]> 2023-04-18 17:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558973572 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558975391 "The wording of the 26th, amendment provides that citizens over 18 may not be denied the right to vote based on age. Arguably the Constitution could again be amended to change the age to 16, though the bar for such amendments is high,
requiring two-thirds of both houses of Congress and three-fourths of the state legislatures to approve." (Paragraph 6)]]> 2023-04-18 17:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558975391 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558975517 "Lowering the voting age is tricky under the law. The federal law allows it, since the wording of the 26th
Amendment provides that citizens over 18 may not be denied the right to vote based on age." - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YFUgjXLD7VS3dWgNRzzY5u8WKQ_M47_g paragraph 6]]> 2023-04-18 17:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558975517 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558976695 “Brain development occurs in waves, with different brain regions having their major developmental events at
different times,” she said. “So, the measurements that index brain maturation will give you different answers
depending on what measure you’re focusing on and where in the brain you’re looking.”

source- You're an Adult, but your brain might not be, experts say
paragraph 6]]> 2023-04-18 17:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558976695 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558978116 “I know a million people who if I needed to sell drugs or rob houses or stuff like that, that I could have the job
at any time and be making enough money to support myself,” Kareem, 20, says. He wants a job in the legal
economy. But employers say they’ll call back and they never do. “It’s as if,” he says, “I was destined to be a
criminal.” - Paragraph 21 article "Why Becoming an Adult Means Something Very Different When You’re Poor"]]> 2023-04-18 17:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558978116 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558978269 "Students eager for college wound up instead at for-profit trade schools. Kids who wanted to be doctors
downgraded to careers as nursing assistants. Kids who dreamed of careers in hospitality had to settle for jobs at
Chick-fil-A, with no clear path from one to the other."(para. 8)]]> 2023-04-18 17:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558978269 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558978641 "Social scientists Tak Wing Chan, PhD, and Matthew Clayton, DPhil, say that 16- and 17-year-olds wouldn’t be competent voters because “research in neuroscience suggests that the brain, specifically the prefrontal cortex, is still undergoing major reconstruction and development during the teenage years,”- Should the voting age be lowered]]> 2023-04-18 17:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558978641 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558979334 "Your brain consists of two types of tissue, gray matter and white matter. In your first decade of life, the gray matter grows and expands rapidly as many new synapses, or connections between nerves, are being made. The gray matter grows as you learn and are exposed to new experiences as a child".
Source: You’re an Adult, but Your Brain Might Not Be, Experts Say 
Para 8]]> 2023-04-18 17:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558979334 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558979631 "The young adults in the Baltimore
study have no such breathing space: They have to support younger siblings when drug-addicted parents can’t, or
care for the babies they’ve already had, or earn their own way to escape violence. They aren’t exploring their
way into adulthood; they are lurching there, as fast as possible."

]]> 2023-04-18 17:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558979631 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558979669 In the 19th century, teenagers were expected to raise their own children and work in the fields. This was true
even though 19th-century teenagers were physically and intellectually less advanced than teenagers today.
Thanks to better nutrition and more formal schooling, today’s children generally reach puberty earlier and are,
at least in theory, more informed about the world around them. - How Old is Old Enough?]]> 2023-04-18 17:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558979669 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558980246 2023-04-18 17:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558980246 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558982928 "Young people develop logical reasoning before they develop impulse
control, for example. That means kids can recognize bad behavior even before they can overcome the natural
urges and social pressures to participate in it."]]> 2023-04-18 17:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558982928 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558985478 "Placing juveniles in adult jails and prisons is an appalling injustice—and it doesn’t work to reduce crime. With the JJDPA set to be reauthorized this year, Congress must amend the Act to ban the placement of children or teens in adult jails or prisons no matter what court hears their case. This is the right and sensible thing to do."(Paragraph 8) - childrensdefense.org]]> 2023-04-18 17:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558985478 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558985593 "Steinberg said, arguing that the results suggest that the teenage
brain finds peer approval extremely rewarding. What’s more, when Steinberg and his colleagues investigated
further, they saw a strong correlation between the brain’s reward centers and riskier behaviors." -The Teen Brain in a Grown-up World]]> 2023-04-18 17:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558985593 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558986970 "Most heartbreaking, even the teens the researchers felt most certain could make it to college never quite get there (at least by the end of the 10-year study)".
Source: Why Becoming an Adult Means Something Very Different When You’re Poor
Para 11]]> 2023-04-18 17:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558986970 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558989629 "I’m sorry but if having 16-year olds in the voting booth is the answer to some civic problem we have, I guess I don’t know what the question is. People point to pitiful voter turnout, but is simply adding more eligible voters the answer to civic malaise? One organization that supports this nationally, FairVote, says it will have a “trickle-up effect,” getting parents more engaged. I suppose when my teenagers wanted to support Ralph Nader for president, it mildly engaged my ridicule instincts".
Source: No, We Shouldn’t Lower the Voting Age to 16
Para 2]]> 2023-04-18 17:48:22 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558989629 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558995819 "A 2019 study of alchol consumption in India found “a causal channel between alcohol consumption and domestic violence,” in that men who were legally allowed to drink were “substantially more likely to consume alcohol” and “significantly more likely to commit violence against their partners.” Lowering the MLDA is likely to raise domestic abuse rates".
Source: Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered from 21 to a Younger Age?
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Para 3]]> 2023-04-18 17:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2558995819 https://padlet.com/beaumontunified/4lbf8zprv90s4r76/wish/2559007645 “We’re still learning. Whereas, once upon a time, we imagined adolescence to end at 18,
now we don’t really know when this process of development ends....Twenty-five, 26, 28, 30, 32? We don’t know.”
Source: You’re an Adult, but Your Brain Might Not Be, Experts Say

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