Dear Youth 85 - Youth Magazine Staff - August 1985

Youth Magazine Staff

Question: I am still a teenager, but in a few months I will be 20 years old. The problem is that people still treat me like a kid, almost like a baby. I feel like an adult and want to know how to make people treat me like one. Answer: We can understand how being treated as younger than you really are could be irritating. Of course, even if you do nothing the problem will pass with time, but there are things you can do until then. Here are some things to consider. Often people treat us the way we act or the way we look like we expect to be treated. That is, if we (perhaps unconsciously) express immaturity by our actions, then people will treat us accordingly... - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library