Who is the adult (Was: Who's to blame for Occlumency?)

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 101135

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Suzanne Chiles 
<hgranger919 at y...> wrote:
> Snapes Slytherin said earlier:

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But for some reason, every time Harry does something 
> > bad, it's "Harry is 15!  Severus isn't 15!"  What does age have 
to do 
> > with it?  Age is no excuse AT ALL.  Especially when you know what 
Harry 
> > knows.  Severus knows too, but isn't Harry our hero?  (That be 
> > sarcasm...I'm not a big Harry fan at all...)
> 		
>

Susanne: 
> Time magazine ran a cover story about the teenaged brain a couple 
of months ago. Apparently, the portion of the brain that governs 
impulse control does not mature and come online until 19 or 20 years 
of age. In other words, the reason that teenagers act impulsively is 
because that's how their brains are wired. It's a really interesting 
discovery, especially in light of this discussion of Harry and the 
penseive.



Alla:

Just a brief comment. There is a reason, why  in the criminal cases 
children often get different punishment than if the adult commits the 
same crime.
There is a reason why if civil case is tried and negligence is an 
issue, the trier of fact often told to use not the "reasonable person 
standard", but the "standard of reasonable child or teenager..."


It is not my intention to go all patronising on you , Talia, but yes, 
age has everything to do with it. :o)


Alla
Alla