You shouldn't be. We send out youths to college, where they are separated from home supervision - a challenge that may are not able to handle. With the drinking age at 21, we again separate our youths from any chance of supervison or socialization with those knowledgable with drinking alcohol, a potentially deadly pursuit. Why is it good to have such a "failure trap"?
It is far better to permit consumption under more controlled circumstances, where behavior is in the open and subject at least to greater socialization. It is always good to keep ourselves in flocks, rather than alone in a wilderness.
“It is always good to keep ourselves in flocks, rather than alone in a wilderness.” That is just lovely.
I understand your point. I see that I think I was mature enough to handle it at 18, now I see just young kids. I go into a bar now and see a 21 year old and say, “No way that kid is legal!”