German Laws

Germany and the United States are both very different countries with different laws and customs. The laws are very different or strange compared to laws in our country. The most bizarre law is that a minor can get married at age sixteen, as long as the spouse is over eighteen. This seems crazy to me because that is very illegal in the United States, and someone going for a sixteen year old is kind of creepy. The youths in Germany are treated very differentley than those in the United States. It seems like they are given more freedom, and responsibility at a young age.
U.S.A Laws
1) Drinking age: 21
2) Allowed to vote: 18
3) Legally have a job: 16
4) Legal Marriage age: 18 (In some cases 16 with parents consent
5) Able to go clubbing: 18
6) Smoking age: 18
7) Drivers license: 16
8) Legally an adult: 18

German laws
1) Have a job: 13
2) Drink with parents consent: 14
3) Don't need parents consent to drink: 16
4) Get married: 16 (as long as one spouse is over 18
5) Drivers license: 17
6) Can see all movies:18
7) Clubbing: 18
8) Smoking age:18
9) legally an adult

In America, many teenagers feel they can handle more responsibility and that they are treated like children. We cannot drink til were twenty-one, but we can fight in the military at eighteen, we can't smoke or go clubbing but we are allowed to drive. In many cases young adults are act like children because that is how we are treated in most cases. That is why it is nice in Germany they give them more responsibility. They can have jobs at a younger age and drink, while we  cannot. They might even be better prepared for the future. We are suddenly thrown into the adult world at college where we have more responsibility than we are used to.
We do not have many age laws similar to the Germans. It seems kinda strange to me because it feels like we should have more laws that are the same. I think the drinking age differences are a little ridiculous. They can start at a very young age and even when were legally adults we still cannot drink. These differences in laws affect the cultures of each country and how the children grow. I did not realize how different they really were until i looked them up.