Reggie Bautista wrote: > So who exactly is a child, and who is an adult? What magically happens that > makes a person a child the day before they turn 18, and an adult the next > day *after* they have turned 18 (or 16 or 12 or whatever age defined by > their culture)?
A parent is legally no longer responsible for the misbehaviour of the adult, whereas the parent is legally fully responsible for a child. So although physically not much changes, legally it becomes a whole different ballgame. So if Tom now smashes a window, I'm responsible and have to pay, like it or not. If Tom is 18 and smashes a window, he has to pay it himself and nobody can make me pay for him. But Tom would never smash a window so it is a rethorical example at best..... or would he? Hmmm, .... only soft toys from now on. Sonja _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
