The Young and the Old

This week in class be have been talking about ageism and how in today's society we are all about pro-youth. I was thinking about this the other day about the ideas on age and I realized that it isn't always pro-youth. What I mean by that is young kids these days strive day after day to be older and to be considered more mature, while at the same time the adults are striving to be younger and seem more hip. In today's world we see young boys and girls who will stop at nothing in order to make themselves seem older whether it be by the clothes they choose to wear, the way they talk or the activities they take part in, everyday kids are trying to be older On the flip side of this we have the adults who do the exact same thing, they will change the way they are dressed, the way they talk and even participate in activities to make themselves seem younger. My question is where is that gap between pro-age and pro-youth? At what point do we as a society stop trying to be older and start striving to be younger, When does it hit us that we are now on the opposite side of the spectrum? I had a friend once tell me that its all down hill after 25 its all down hill and at first I just laughed and thought that is was silly but then I got to thinking and I realized something, it is around this age that we start to see women faking their age because after 25 your only getting closer to 30 the birthday I am told every women dreads but maybe there is something here maybe it is at this point that we shift from pro-age to pro youth?