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Apparently, abusive parents lead to a child killing another. That could be an excuse, but lets assume it is true given he showed signs of being abused.

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This question may be controversial, so I want to preface it by making abundantly clear that I do NOT condone or excuse any form of child abuse. This is a thought experiment regarding hard limits to protect the well-being of everyone involved in sexual activity, but social norms would still apply, and they would likely continue to be more effective than any law at regulating this behavior. That said, let's begin.

In the U. S., the age at which a person can consent to sexual activity is typically between 16 and 18 years old, and various nations across the globe stray even further from this range. Assuming there is a "correct" age of consent, this discrepancy must mean at least one of three things:

1. some places set the age too low, leaving naive children vulnerable to abuse;
2. some places set it too high, prosecuting people who are effectively innocent; and/or
3. the same act between the same two people can magically become more or less ethical depending on geographical borders.

Option 3 seems a bit unlikely, meaning that either 1 or 2 is true (if not both), either of which has very real and harmful impacts.

In order to address this issue, many jurisdictions make an exception for minors and adults close in age, known as "Romeo and Juliet law" — such a law allows, for example, a 19yo and a 17yo to have intimate relations without consequences even if the age of consent is 18.

Still, 18 is a pretty arbitrary age to use for defining adulthood or any of the rights, privileges, and responsibilities that come with, as is 16, and 21, too (the legal drinking age).

Objectively speaking, it makes more sense to either lower the age to about 13, when most people hit puberty, or raise it to 25, when the brain is fully developed.

Another solution is to measure the ages relative to each other, as in the widely used formula for what's socially acceptable — half your age, plus 7 (14 & 14, 20 & 17, 30 & 22, etc. would be okay).

So, what do you think it should be, and why?

I know every family has problems, and every parent has failed in some way, but this is no excuse. My grandma always promised she’d leave something for each of her grand kids when passes. When she died none of us received anything. I thought my grandma really just had nothing due to the fact that she was a struggling immigrant.

Just today I found out my grandma had thousands of dollars in multiple accounts. My mom was the one entitled. Instead of my mom giving to me n my siblings. She gave 100% to her brothers leaving us with nothing. Her reason for that is because my uncle doesn’t work. Which is not an excuse, my uncle is one of those guys who chooses not to work, has no ambition. Hate to say this about my own uncle, but it’s true. Me n my siblings needed that money more than anything. I’m trying to go back to school because I struggle working at a dead end job. And my sister finished school with $70k student debt. We need that money more than anything.

I’m not here to bitch about my parents. I understand all parents have screwed up n everyone can complain about their parents, but. This is was the last straw.

My mom has never been a real parent. She’s never taught us anything simply because she was too lazy. She never stood up for me when I was a child, used to verbally/emotionally abuse me, didn’t care when my dad would physically abuse me, and uses the bible to justify their evil ways. So this money situation has really shown me I don’t have a mother. I won’t ever even introduce my mom to my children. The only way she’ll meet them is if they wanna go find her. But I won’t make them visit her if they don’t wanna.

Am I wrong for this?

I've seen enough of the impacts of trauma to highly suspect, this was an abused child. He however grew up, has not had treatment that worked and has been systematically acting out and abusing people... especially women.

https://nypost.com/2020/06/17/brute-accused-of-slugging-elderly-bronx-woman-has-been-arrested-over-100-times/?utm_source=FCFacebook&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&fbclid=IwAR2ziNi3cIZvyj70siVV3EjjyE8nyRdik5IMOvs32Akdpfkhp9tu1kizPiU

Of late, he assaulted this former NYC teacher.
By the way, this lady is now dating a guy at 89 years old! Never give up!

So what should be done. I see this story too often that repeat criminals go back and harm more people. Maybe you've been a victim of one. We need tougher treatment, tougher laws, and tougher policing. We need to stop the carnage. This is your world and country, what do you want done? What will you invest in?