7 Things Young Adults Shouldn't Do if Adolescence Lasts to 25

donderdag 26 september 2013

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by Jenny Erikson 1 hour ago

If 40 is the new 30, and 30 is the new 20, does that make 20-year-olds 10? Maybe, if you buy into the updated guidelines being given to child psychologists. The BBC reports that adolescence no longer ends when people turn 18, but rather when they turn 25.

Yup, apparently there are now three stages of adolescence: Early adolescence ranges from 12 to 14 years, middle adolescence from 15 to 17 years, and 18 and over is classed as late adolescence. I’m sure we’ve all known someone in his or her 20s that refused to act like a responsible adult, but come on. Let’s not excuse immaturity on “developing brain patterns.” One would hope that our brains continue to grow and mature throughout the years, and just because a 20-year-old might not be as wise as a 40-year-old doesn’t make them a child.

But if this is really going to be a thing, and these legal “adults” want to be classified as children to avoid grown-up responsibilities, then there are some privileges they should just have to do without.

Drinking. This one is sort of self-explanatory. Adult beverages are for adults only.Driving. If a 25-year-old is still an adolescent, then a 16-year-old is practically a toddler. Hand over the keys until you’re mature enough to be trusted with heavy machinery, please.Credit Cards. It’s not free money, kids. You’re going to have to pay that all back someday. With interest.College. Do you really think children are responsible enough to choose a major and a career goal that will benefit them in the long run? Nope, let’s only let older people pursue higher education -- after they’ve learned a little about life.Voting. Children lack logical reasoning. They don’t get to pick our leaders.Tattoos. I know forever seems like the time it takes for spring break to get here when you’re 19, but tattoos are forever, and a dancing demon on your hiney isn’t going to seem like the best idea in a couple of decades.Sex. Think of how many STDs and abortions we could stop if there were a way to stop people from having sex until they were fully cognitive adults. Not to mention all the hurt feelings that could be prevented by young people getting too close too soon and getting their hearts broken.

Or you know, we can accept the fact that young adults may still be figuring out how to make a space for themselves on the planet, but they are adults and subject to all the responsibilities and privileges that come with it.

When do you think adolescence ends?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jenny Erikson

is a conservative chick living in Southern California with her two daughters. She loves politics and hates laundry.

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Couples Who Don't Face Each Other During Sex Shouldn't Get Married, Says Wacky Anti-Gay Congresswoman

woensdag 21 augustus 2013

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by Kiri Blakeley 17 hours ago

We've heard some odd reasons why gay people shouldn't be allowed to get legally married. Like that they "undermine" the institution of marriage. Like heterosexual people who get married for a split second don't? Or that they can't procreate. Like all heterosexual couples can? But this one is a doozy. Hold your hat. A congresswoman from Mexico reportedly said that gay people shouldn't be allowed to marry because they don't face each other during sex. Yes, Ana María Jiménez Ortiz, who represents the state of Puebla, which is considering legalizing gay marriage, reportedly said:

Marriage should only be considered in those relationships in which the members have sex while facing each other.

Ummm. WHAT?!

She also reportedly went on (and I'm not making this up):

A marriage should only be considered amongst people that can look at each other in the eye while having sexual intercourse, something that does not happen in homosexual couples.

After a backlash on Twitter, Ortiz backpeddled on her "face only" sex statement, but the damage was done. Let's face it (har!), there are lots of ways to have sex besides that which brings you eyeball to eyeball!

Hello, Ms. Ortiz. Oral sex? Minimal eye contact, I assure you. Doggie style, perhaps? You should try it. Okay, then there's 69. I won't explain. You figure it out.

Oh my goodness, has Ms. Ortiz not read the Kama Sutra? That's a hypothetical. I won't even get into Fifty Shades of Grey. Please let us not even consider blindfolds. Or blind people?!

There are so many ways to have sex and to have intimacy. The day that missionary sex becomes the sole way couples can have sex or they can't be legally married ... well, a lot of us would suddenly be divorced.

Who is to say what is "natural"? Plenty of animals don't look each other in the face when they have sex. Luckily, they don't need people like Ms. Ortiz.

This is the screwiest (har!) reason to be anti-gay marriage I've ever heard of. It's not just homophobic. It's, like, funaphobic.

Ms. Ortiz must be a riot in the bedroom.

Do you think that sex should always be face to face?

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Baby Who Miraculously Survived Fall Down Mountain Shouldn't Have Been There in the First Place (VIDEO)

dinsdag 6 augustus 2013

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by Kiri Blakeley 14 hours ago

A baby has miraculously survived a 100-foot fall in the Swiss Alps. The 1-year-old baby girl plummeted off a cable car that was climbing a mountain in the Alps, and astonishingly, she survived thanks to being put inside of a "rucksack" -- like a backpack -- and falling into a tree on the way down. But this isn't an entirely happy ending. For when the cable car lurched, it not only sent the little girl careening over the side -- but her parents too. And they were not so lucky.

The family was reportedly traveling 2,200 feet up Baerlaui Alp, Switzerland, in a cable car that was supposed to only be used for freight, not people. When they were 100 feet off the ground, the car reportedly lurched and tipped everyone over. The couple died instantly from head wounds, but rescuers heard whimpering from the rucksack in a tree and looked inside. The baby, severely injured, was alive. A spokesperson for the rescue said:

The rucksack cushioned the fall. Otherwise she would be dead too.

The couple were apparently on holiday and lived in Canada.

This is no doubt a tragedy, but it does bring up an interesting question about traveling with your baby -- and whether it's proper to bring them on the same kinds of excursions you used to do when you were babyless. Do you go skiing with your baby? Parasailing? Even just hiking?

If you're an outdoorsy, adventuresome type, it's probably second nature to you to go up a mountainside or take on some other high-risk sport that doesn't feel high risk to you at all.

But everything becomes high risk when there's a baby involved. One of my friends just mentioned that she'd gone skydiving over the weekend. I wondered whether anyone should skydive if she has a child (my friend does not, but it crossed my mind anyway).

On the other hand, should you not drive either, which is more dangerous than most of those other sports?

The cable car in this instance doesn't sound safe at all. Not only was it not made for human passengers -- it had nothing to keep the people in if it tipped over. And to have a baby in a backpack seems kind of strange.

All in all, not a risk I personally would have taken.

At any rate, the baby is now out of danger, and relatives are being contacted. It's a tragedy that she's now an orphan.

Do you bring your baby when you go on somewhat high risk excursions?

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Bethenny Frankel Really Shouldn't Be Judging Teresa Giudice Right Now

zaterdag 3 augustus 2013

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by Casey Rackham 19 hours ago

Teresa and Joe Giudice are currently going through a difficult time defending themselves against fraud charges, but it seems like Bethenny Frankel couldn't care less if they end up in jail or not.

According to Us Weekly, Bethenny doesn't feel badly for Teresa at all because she did it to herself (with the help of her charming husband). Bethenny says, "... people who love to be in the spotlight often have a lot of skeletons in their closet." True. That. Bethenny is well aware of all of the things that come out when you're on a popular reality TV show, like all her own personal stories of a messed up childhood, past relationships, and inside her current divorce from husband Jason Hoppy.

However, Bethenny went on to say, "I feel badly for them because they have kids, and their kids didn't sign up for this."

Wait a second, Bethenny. Are you saying that your 3-year-old daughter Bryn signed up to have to be a part of your very public divorce from your husband? I don't think so. Bethenny knows better than anyone what kind of strain can be put on a family when it's in the public eye, and I don't think it's right for her to judge Teresa for what she's putting her daughters through when she's basically putting Bryn publicly through something that's also very painful.

In this day and age, a public (and celebrity filled) divorce can turn just as nasty as a trial, and both can negatively affect children. It's hard enough for a young child to go through her parents' divorce, but it's a whole other thing to have it appear in the media. The same goes for Teresa's four daughters Gia, Gabriella, Milania, and Audriana (who's the same age as Bryn), who are also going through a traumatic, and very public, experience.

It's no surprise that Bethenny has something to say about this whole Teresa fiasco, but she should probably learn to hold her tongue when it comes to other Housewives' children, especially since she's just as guilty of putting her daughter in the spotlight.

Do you think Bethenny has a right to judge Teresa?

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is a Californian who loves everything having to do with brie, Christmas, BBC America, and Mindy Kaling. Spoiled by perfect west coast weather, she doesn't understand why humidity exists.

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'Glee' Shouldn't Be Canceled After Cory Monteith's Tragic Death (VIDEO)

donderdag 18 juli 2013

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por Abril Daniels Hussar hace 8 horas

¿Con la noticia de que está siendo cancelada The Glee Project, es la pregunta que naturalmente sigue: dado muerte horrible de Cory Monteith, también debe cancelar Glee ? Los ejecutivos de la red dicen cancelación de The Glee Project no tiene nada que ver con la sobredosis de Monteith, pero funcionarios de Fox aún no saben qué es lo próximo para Glee propia.

Espero que hagan lo que hagan, no deciden cancelar la serie-- por el amor de Cory.

Mucho de lo que hizo Glee, especialmente que mostrar de una gran primera temporada, fueron las actuaciones. Es imposible imaginar cómo habría sido la serie sin adorable, confundido, dulce, talentoso y guapo de Cory Monteith Finn Hudson. Y Sí, es tan difícil (para Monteith de seres queridos, sobre todo, creo) para imaginar el espectáculo sin él. Pero eso es exactamente por eso espero que lo hace.

Entiendo el impulso a pensar que toda la franquicia sólo debería estar terminada. Cuando mi hermana pequeña murió justo después de Navidad el año pasado, no podía creer que la tierra no dejará de girar sobre su eje. ¿Por qué fueron personas todavía caminar alrededor de la tienda de comestibles y conduciendo por la calle, cuando la vida que conocía sentí como que había terminado completamente y para siempre? ¿Cómo se atreve a levanta todas las mañanas y propagando hermosas puestas de sol por el cielo cada noche el sol? "EL MUNDO ESTÁ CANCELADO". Quería gritarle a extraños inocentemente va sobre su negocio.

Siete meses más tarde, todavía siento como, hasta un punto. Algunos días, algunos momentos, son mejores que otros, pero todos los cumpleaños y vacaciones ya que ha sido horrible. Me encuentro, en medio de este hermoso verano, temiendo verdaderamente la acción de Gracias y, especialmente, Navidad. Pero al mismo tiempo, a través de este proceso de duelo, también sé que es bueno y correcto, que el mundo está pasando, que mi mundo está pasando. Es verdad que mi familia y yo estamos continuando a vivir nuestras vidas, aunque es incrédulo a nosotros que somos capaces.

Perder a alguien no significa todo lo que eran perder, ni significa perderlo todo esa persona significa para ti. Luto por alguien que no tiene que ser sobre una negación de la vida hacia adelante. En cambio, me ayuda mucho para tratar de mantener una constante conciencia y la apreciación de que era mi hermana, y que siempre estará conmigo.

Mi le extraño mucho, y estoy enojado... así que muy, muy enojado... acerca de su muerte. Pero yo también estoy tan jodidamente agradecido que llegué a conocerla, que tengo que pasar 25 años en este planeta con ella. Ella es una parte de mí para siempre, y siempre lo haré mi mejor esfuerzo para recordarla y honrarla y estancia como conectado posible con ella. No pondré aquí fotos de mi hermana, o las cosas que me recuerdan a ella, aunque re-break mi corazón ya roto. No quiero gente deje de compartir historias sobre ella, o diciendo su nombre, porque tan fuerte como puede ser, esos recuerdos me traen alegría feroz. Y espero que eso sea lo que decidan hacer para pobres, perdidos Cory Monteith los productores de Glee. Continuar con vida, continuar con esta creación que dio tanto. Mostrar la cara de su personaje, decir su nombre, déjale vivir como viven todos nuestros seres queridos perdidos en nuestros corazones.

Es la mejor manera de honrar Monteith y celebrar su vida demasiado breve todos.

¿Crees que debe cancelarse Glee?

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