Yeah, Mii is something like 16 years old, I think?
Basically, Midchilda has very liberal views about what constitutes adulthood, which is partially rooted in the old Japanism of children taking on adult responsibilities at a very early age. Hell, the official age of consent by national law is still thirteen. Though all the prefectures have superseding laws that set the age of consent at a later age, but some of these AoC laws still have that set at a pretty young age.
The funny thing is that there's more and more evidence coming out that so long as a girl has the emotional, fiscal, and moral support of her romantic partner and their families, motherhood at that age isn't really much more adverse than it is for a woman having her first child at the age of 25. If anything, we as a species seem to be geared for that kind of thing, and this thing where parents are expected to go it alone is actually a VERY new thing, sociologically speaking. The honest truth is, however, that it really does take a village to raise a child.
Basically, Midchilda has very liberal views about what constitutes adulthood, which is partially rooted in the old Japanism of children taking on adult responsibilities at a very early age. Hell, the official age of consent by national law is still thirteen. Though all the prefectures have superseding laws that set the age of consent at a later age, but some of these AoC laws still have that set at a pretty young age.
The funny thing is that there's more and more evidence coming out that so long as a girl has the emotional, fiscal, and moral support of her romantic partner and their families, motherhood at that age isn't really much more adverse than it is for a woman having her first child at the age of 25. If anything, we as a species seem to be geared for that kind of thing, and this thing where parents are expected to go it alone is actually a VERY new thing, sociologically speaking. The honest truth is, however, that it really does take a village to raise a child.