In the United States, the age eighteen is considered to be the legal age for one to be considered as an adult. Moreover, it is the beginning of the adulthood which gives an adult countless of responsibilities and activities of things that they can do. At the age of eighteen, an adult has the rights and responsibilities of the following: voting, marriage, signing contracts, joining the military, and paying bills, just to name a few. Furthermore, an eighteen-year-old adult is given much greater responsibilities