https://www.cnn.com/travel/how-young-traveling-without-adult-supervision For most of Human History, by the time even that you were around 13-16 years old, you were in fact considered a young adult, and during these years, it was expected that you took on the responsibilities of being an adult and had a firm grip on who or what you are. In fact, most cultures over the world even have their own type of recognition or ceremonies or a celebration of some sort that pays some kind of tribute to this recognition of a child emerging into adulthood. Even with the Amish, it is known as "Rumspringa", which also involves the option for the Amish youth to experience contemporary life, such as the way Modern Western people live in major urban areas, to dress like them, speak like them, eat like them, dance like them and so forth to decide whether or not they want to continue the Amish ways, or to break off from Amish traditions. The Latin American culture, they have what is called the ...