Believe me, you can get into a lot of trouble being sixteen years old in a foreign country with no adult telling you when to come home.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I mean, Eighteen years old is the age of consent in Europe and you can go anywhere and do anything you like. In America, it is dumb. At eighteen you should be able to do anything that you like, except get married.
Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out.
Turning 16 is kind of scary because when you're 16, you go from being a kid and then you can drive and are more of a young adult in a way.
I have been away from home since I was 17.
Being a teenager is hard.
Teenagers are kinda the same wherever you find them in America.
In my opinion, you don't get to have privacy when you're only 16!
Turning 18 is a big deal.
You can't be 16 forever.
When I was growing up in the '70s and '80s, by the time you were 16, you were kind of expected to be an adult. By the time we were 16 and able to drive, certainly by 17 or 18 and into college, you just had very little interaction with your parents.
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