Some people have courage from the early years.....

"In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of 'Who do you think you are?'"
- Lady Gaga

How do you make decisions? Based on logic? Based on your gut or feelings? Based on something else? Do you think the young make more risky decisions?

#SongLesson:

From the song 'The Living Years' by MIKE & THE MECHANICS:

You say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
You just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defense

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It's the bitterness that lasts

So don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different date
And if you don't give up, and don't give in
You may just be O.K.

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agC7SoihH-o

Interesting Fact:
In general, mature or experienced workers are expected to produce better/ higher quality work with fewer errors since they have been working for a longer period of time (and practice makes perfect).
Do you think this is true for fields such as information technology (IT) and nursing?

Song 'Life Goes On' by Leann Rimes

"Life goes on and it's only gonna make me strong."
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JciRr_jU03U

Tyler Perry had his struggles. He had a difficult childhood and also struggled to get his footing in the entertainment industry.
Read Tyler Perry's story at: http://www.biography.com/people/tyler-perry-361274

In this movie, a teenager struggled to fit in and dealt with some serious issues:

Movie 'Mean Girls'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewgggaTjx9Q

Young people, especially teenagers, have to deal with peer pressure.
"They may be feeling 'peer pressure' and may think that to 'fit in' they would have to adopt similar values, beliefs, and goals or participate in the same activities as their friends. A 4-year-old who begs for a toy because her friends all have it is experiencing peer pressure. An adult who buys a luxury car because others in the neighborhood have luxury cars is responding to peer pressure."
- HumanIllnesses.com, http://www.humanillnesses.com/Behavioral-Health-Ob-Sea/Peer-Pressure.html

"You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair."
- Douglas MacArthur

Do you think it is weird for adults to play video games (considered games for the young)?
Some people do. But research shows that adults who play video games are happier.

"... [G]aming adults have a daily chance to engage in playful behavior, similarly to how many of us used to play when we were younger. This stronger connection to your inner child can help you to be happier and enjoy life more fully."
- Kayla Matthews, 10 Reasons Why Adults Who Play Video Games Are Happier,
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/10-reasons-why-adults-who-play-video-games-are-happier.html

Knowing when to be immature or the realm to be immature........

How do you view older women who dress in young, hip clothes?

Should adult women give up young, immature clothing and instead choose to wear mature, matronly clothing after a certain age?

Is it wrong for an older, first-time bride to wear a dress a young bride would wear?

Article: Why DO young women go out dressed like this? We meet nightclubbers in four major cities to find the surprising and unsettling answer to the question despairing mothers are asking

By Tanith Carey for the Daily Mail, 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2067391/Why-DO-young-women-dressed-like-We-meet-nightclubbers-unsettling-answer.html

Shirley temple seemed different. She was childish and mature all at the same time.

Video: Shirley Temple singing ' Animal Crackers In My Soup'

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wNwFXLcrsbc

Benjamin Button lived his life in reverse and it was not as rosy as one would expect.....

Movie: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Is the answer to be more knowledgeable and mature but have a youthful body (basically live your life in reverse)?

"Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18."
- Mark Twain

LifeLessonsForAll.com: As an adult, would you want to be a child again to have the benefits/pluses of youth if you would also get the negatives (chilish behavior, temper tantrums etc.)?

"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity."
- Calvin Coolidge

"In youth we learn; in age we understand."
- Merie Ebner von Eschenbach

"No wise man ever wished to be younger."
- Jonathan Swift

LifeLessonsForAll.com: Does the biggest plus of age/maturity (knowledge, wisdom) outweigh the pluses of youth (energy, risk-taking etc.)?

"I want to see Christmas through your eyes.... I want to be a child again thinking the world was mine."
- Gloria Estefan in her song 'Christmas Through Your Eyes'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J1nPEGHdq0