Does age affect trust?

[Amagine]

It is indeed.

[Vitaro Maxton]

no i dont think so....... she was well mature and ahead of time

[Sally_Heart]

Maybe you're thinking that because Sarah's young, her opinion may not be respected. It happens at times, and I believe it accounted for the little trust reposed in her; even more so when the visions she claims to see are greater than what a young girl of her age can take.

-- 07 Oct 2017, 14:10 --

I do believe age affects trust. I am more apt to believe an adult as a teenager. Until this post, I have never stopped to ponder on why that is.

Exactly my point!

I thought so too but some may argue that it is a matter of character and not age.

[Amagine]

no i dont think so....... she was well mature and ahead of time

Her maturity developed as the story went on. She didn't really start off that way though.

[jonaya]

yes age affect trust. For example the way Tom thought for Sarah in the first place was like she will cause much problems to him.

[Emie Cuevas]

Age is just a number, we shouldn't let it control how we act with others. Unfortunately, humans aren't that evolved and older people will always be trusted more than young people until we evolve more.

[Ljessup]

Sarah's young age might lead a person to believe that she is in her own personal fairy tale. Had Sarah been older would her story have been more believable?

I believe young people should be trusted more.

I agree. I think most times young people aren't given enough credit!

[Sally_Heart]

I agree. I think most times young people aren't given enough credit!

Especially if the young one in concern is a person you have just met.

[gali]

I agree with the others. I don't think her age got anything to do with it.

[prenaramesh]

I agree with the others. I don't think her age got anything to do with it.

I think it's partly her age, partly her background but mostly because of the unbelievable nature of her story. I mean, Myra did believe her about seeing an extinct bear - but she thought the story about the journey was just that - a story.

[vikimuriuk11]

yeah ,it can affect,

[jennyd2003]

I think many times we are apt to believe an adult over a teen or a young child unless we know them well. Some children mature much faster than others and are even more mature than some adults. I think we tend to believe since a person is older they know more about life and such.

[FDKangwamu]

Not necessarily, I think trust should be more dependent on character than any other thing.

[mercy wangechi]

In my opinion it depends with an individual, in some cases like Sarah's she was so mature, and trustworthy and yet she was young. In other cases the older people are less mature and not to be trusted, but in some cases the older ones tend to be more trustworthy.

[Athena Moon]

However it may be, age affects trust. Even though Sarah was wiser beyond her age, it would take time and action to prove it to people around her. I believe we all have to win the trust, in quite stereotype-driven world, especially between the age gap communities. Would Tom knew her better, I believe there would be a bigger chance to trust her. Nonetheless, actions really do speak for ourselves and teens are known to lack trust.