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The Toarh holds boys and girls responsible at age 12?13 because they are Hormonal. Are you serious??!!!!! Thats the most absurd thing I have heard in a very long time. The fact is that the Torah understand that at age 13 a boy should be mature enough to take on the responsibilities of the Torah and if brought up in a Torah home with a good chinuch he will be prepared to meet the challenges facing him. The Torah is not going to put a person into a lions den and say ok now find your way to safety. At 13 you are responsible for yourself. Until recently a 13 year old was mature. In pre ww2 Europe 13 year olds were already working and many of them had responsibilities that some adults today cant even handle. The world used to be very different. People didnt spoil themselves and their kids back then. Today people are lazy and dont want to work. We like a nice 9-5 day and that is too much for some of us and we need 1 hour lunch breaks and coffee breaks and stam waste time at work…Theres no more work ethic. My grandfather told me that when he was 12 or 13 he used to be at yeshivah at 5 in the morning. And sat and learned for a few hours straight. Today the Rosh hayeshivah would be arrested for child abuse…Its a different world today. So technically a 13 year old boy and 12 year old girl should be mature enough to accept the Ol Mitzvos at that age. However due to the way they were brought up many if not most are just ill equipped for the challenges that face them. Maybe we need to stop babying ourselves and our children. We have become lazy and complacent.