Instead they should lower the voting age to 14. The only way to get the life experience you are looking for is to DO it!
Despite the common belief, it does NOT automatically come with age. The earlier you start, the better the results are (since younger brains learn faster and are more flexible), and the longer a person has to gain experience.
The earlier people get used to participating in government the more likely it will become a lifelong habit.
You got me wrong. I am not talking about learning to participate in government at all. I am talking about learning about life's realities.
A random example would be that there's a huge difference between an 18 year old kid and a 25 year old who has been working, going to school and managing his/her life. An 18 year old is bound to make voting decisions without any real context grounded in having lived a little. They are naive and tend to be innocently dumb. There are exceptions, of course, but I have trouble calling an 18 year old an "adult" other than under the legal definition.
The only reason you don't consider an 18 year old an adult is that we don't give a person adult duties and responsibilities until 18 - so it takes till 25 till they are a "real" adult.
I say, give them those duties and responsibilities at 15. Then they will be an adult earlier.
If we did like you say, and wait till they are 25, then all that will happen is that you will not consider 25 years old adults, and you'll want to wait till 30.
Instead they should lower the voting age to 14. The only way to get the life experience you are looking for is to DO it!
Despite the common belief, it does NOT automatically come with age. The earlier you start, the better the results are (since younger brains learn faster and are more flexible), and the longer a person has to gain experience.
The earlier people get used to participating in government the more likely it will become a lifelong habit.