Steemit Engagement Challenge S3-W4:Childhood or Adulthood, Which do you prefer? by @arahman

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Greetings to everyone, it’s brand new week and another episode of the Steemit engagement challenge. This week is actually my first time participating in this very unique contest. For this week’s topic is very exciting and interesting which will bring different contrasting views from different people, Childhood or adulthood, which do you prefer? it is something that has caught my attention and that is why I’m submitting my entry today for the first time. Without wasting much time I’ll like to head straight and pour my opinions about this topic.

Who is considered as a child in your country?

With respect to this question, there is going to be different answers to it based on the different countries we find ourselves in. But I’m most cases many people consider children as those who have not reached the age 18. Usually people below this age are then subdivided into teenagers/adolescents and then the lower part of children who fall between the age of 0-10 while adolescents fall between the ages of 10-19. In general, persons below 19 years are considered children.

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In my country, any person who has not reached the age of 18 is simply considered a child and hence also referred to as the dependable part of the population. This means that, children are not ready to make their own decisions and live on their own. In some cases it may be difficult for older children such as the adolescents to listen to authorities since the very much believe that they are approaching adulthood, which begins after the age of 18.

Adolescents under some developmental growth called the puberty. Some of the growth in these adolescents persons may include; deepening of voices in boys, broad chest and growth of hairs in both boys and girls. Also the girls tend to develop breast and develop hips. So all these growth makes them believe they have reached adulthood and hence they believe they should make their own decisions.

Who is considered as an adult in your country?

After my explanation of who a child is, there isn’t much to discuss who and adult is, since we can get the idea of who an adult it from the explanation of a child. If you’re no more a child, then automatically that makes you an adult.

_Adulthood

An adult refers to an individual who has completely the transitional growth from childhood, thus the completion of puberty. As an adult, you are entitled to make your own decisions since you are considered to know what’s best for yourself and you can be able to live on your own in a different environment. In my country, adulthood starts at the age of 18.

Childhood or Adulthood, which do you prefer?

I am currently 22 years of age, and writing this post as an adult, I think most of us can agree that being a child is way more easier and I would prefer being a child to an adult. When we were kids, most of would have dreamt of growing up fast so that we can escape certain duties as a child and we mostly thought that being an adult would be much easier since there is freedom and you can do what you want as an adult. Little did we know that being an adult was going to be the most difficult part of our lives.

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As a child, all your needs and expenses are catered for by your parents or guardians and you don’t need to move a muscle to find those needs. All you need to do as a child is to ask, and if there is to give, you will be provided. But in the case of being an adult, you are expected to go out there and find job before you can provide some of the basic needs, especially when you complete school.

Additionally, childhood is a stage of our life’s where we do not have so much to stress about but all about having fun.

At childhood, the brain is very sharp and able to comprehend ideas and knowledge, this makes learning easier for most children. When there is proper training and guidance at this stage, the child grows up to a very good person as an adult.

Lastly, childhood comes along with less responsibilities since you do not have to work and provide for yourself. Unlike childhood, being an adult comes along with so many responsibilities such as being the bills and providing for yourself.

Conclusion

The above are just a few reasons why I prefer being a child to and adult. All the memories of being a child still puts a smile on my face, from friends to family we had a good childhood experience and how I wished I could go back to being a child. I wish I had some childhood pictures to share with you guys, but I don’t have one on my phone at the moment.

Thank you guys for this wonderful topic, I wish to participate more in this engagement challenge exercise and I hope more exciting topics will emerge in the future to discuss. I would like to invite @abudooji ,@boboyanky and @rubilu123 to participate in this contest.

Note: Any unsourced image was taken directly from my camera roll