In different countries around the world, people become adults at different ages. Being an adult means having the right to do certain things such aa get a part-time job, vote, get married, or get a license to drive. It also means accepting the responsibilities that accompany these rights. In many countries, sixteen or eighteen is the age at which a person becomes an adult. Young men and women at on their parents for money all the time. In many parts of north america, sixteen is also the age when one can obtain a driver's license in england it is seventeen.