Our brains are largest and fastest around age 13.

So somebody had to go looking for some way to say that older brains are better.

They discovered that white matter gradually increases with age (but the initial studies had no subjects over 25 so the data stopped at that age)... bombastic clickbait bullshit then claimed that you're still a child until 25 when your white matter is complete. Everybody wanted to believe this, so the idiotic oversimplification went viral.

and the difference is minuscule. At age 26 you have about 2% more white matter than at age 16.

and the white matter keeps growing... all through your 30s and well into your 40s. If that's the measure of adulthood we are children until our 50th birthdays.

Here are a few examples of really dumb clickbait based on the very common myth that white matter is what truly makes you an adult.

I have researched it thoroughly.

It's total nonsense.

Neither our bodies nor our brains ever stop changing. Both our bodies and our brains change very quickly during puberty then very slowly for the rest of our lives.

Our 20s are not significant an any way in terms of development.

Teenagers are adults. That's just basic biology. No one reaches "full maturity" in their 20s. That's ridiculous unscientific garbage 😀

We have raised our teens to be totally unprepared for parenthood. Our culture created that. Other cultures historically did things differently and got different results.

We delay starting families now. That's fine. It's still very important to teach young people about sex, contraception, etc. Also important to provide contraception. We know how to prevent unplanned pregnancies. Let's do that.

Women under 22 are not girls. Calling them that is demeaning and degrading. Infantilizing our young adults caused tons of problems. We need to stop doing that immediately.

Young men and women are perfectly capable of choosing their own romantic partners. Some will get hurt. There will be some sad breakups. That is part of life.

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