Why do people say this?

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I don't get it, when an adult (even a very young adult, of 18-21) gets really drunk to the point where they have to be carried home or something, they get told ''you are adults now, not silly children. You should know better than to drink yourself stupid like that!''

But then if a child of about 14-16 went and got really drunk, everyone are like ''oh my God, you're too young to be doing all that! That is so wrong, you shouldn't be drinking like that until you're at least 18!''

So if getting drunk is an adult thing, then how come adults who get drunk (even if they are late teens early 20's) get told they're behaving like children, as if children are expected to be the ones getting drunk, but then when a child (first half of teens) does get drunk, nobody's expecting it, because drinking is supposed to be an adult thing?

Explain?

I think it's because it is thought that getting drunk affects growing people (i.e., usually those under 18) worse than a person who is already grown.

As far as adults "getting drunk and acting like children" is concerned: I would agree with that. People who get drunk tend to do stupid and childish things.

I don't know.... I used to let my teen aged son and daughter drink with their underage friends in the house. Since they were at home I was better able to supervise and keep them from getting into trouble of any sort. Adult drunks are nothing whatsoever like children. They are usually worse behaved and more dangerous. I have no idea why anyone would say they're behaving like children.

I drank quite heavily from the age of 16-18 cos I thought it would help me get over being shy, WRONG

once I turned 18 it was legal in England and i got tired of it. The hangovers and wasted money were not worth it.

Being an alcoholic must be terrible if you get bad hangovers all the time.

I can understand why people say it is childish because it kinda is. but children shouldnt be doing it at the same time.

I mean people say about the idea of getting really drunk is childish, not so much what they are doing when they are drunk. Like when our boss was talking to us in a meeting about some of the workers getting too hungover to come into work, and she said ''you are all grown-ups, not children...'' as if it is only acceptable for under-aged kids to go out and get drunk and be too hungover to get up for school in the morning. But it's not acceptable for children to go out and get too drunk to go to school, in fact it's illegal.

Drinking in general is an adult thing; but indulging to excess in anything (including alcohol) is considered to be irresponsible, and irresponsibility is considered to be a trait of immaturity.

When people chastise the teens, they are chastising them for drinking at all, drunk or not. When they chastise the adults, they are chastising them for drinking excessively.

People just equate "acting like children" with doing something immature or stupid, even when it means doing something that children don't actually do, like getting drunk. It's illogical.

Ah I think it's about drinking to excess. Not drinking per se but the amount someone has drunk. They're saying that is what silly children do because they don't know their own limits and when to stop drinking.