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		tomp on May 16, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Young people 'feel they have nothing to live for' > And that at 19 you're basically not fully cooked yet. That's because you only started cooking at 15/16. If you had to be responsible at 12, you would be very very adult by the time you reach 17.

Dewie on May 16, 2014 [–]

From what I've read, the brain develops until you're around 25. Does the environment influence how fast your brain fully matures to a large extent?

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