[jacquesm]

12 to 15 is roughly the time when as a child you realize adults are just big kids and are wrong as often as they're right. It's hard to get back to some level of respect after that, it's a bit like finding out Santa does not exist.

[Arizhel]

I'm over 40 now. I realized what you're saying to an extent, but for a long time I assumed that older adults would have the benefit of wisdom, life experience, maturity, etc.

As I've aged, I've been consistently disappointed. I now believe differences in how people behave, according to age, are really a product of generational differences, and that people really don't change very much after they pass 30.