18 adult or teen
... We as eighteen year olds can vote and fight for our country, but are not allowed to drink until the age of twenty-one and are forced to pay higher car insurance then a normal adult. ... Even though eighteen year olds are looked at as children by the government, when we commit crimes we are looked at as an adult and charged as an adult. Also, sometimes when minors commit severe crimes they are charged as an adult. ... To me as an eighteen year old, the methods the government uses contradicts itself when it comes to being considered an adult or a minor.