Talk:Growing Up is Hard to Do/@comment-6411076-20190930155122

But we don't know what the age of adulthood is in Equestria. Just like on Earth, different coutries have different ages of adulthood. In some places it's as little as 16. Some places even give people adult status when they've achieved financial independence, regardless of age. Also, animal parents usually aren't in their kids' lives for that long. Animal babies have to learn to fend for themselves pretty quickly. Equestria could have different norms and expectations than us surrounding this.