Social Norms and Birthdays
In the United States, there are certain birthdays (give or take) that are milestones. (Generalized) those being:

5: children start their government provided education. This is called Kindergarten. All children, rich or poor, are provided this free education. (It is free, but American tax payers pay for this luxury)

13: children become teenagers and are no longer considered "little kids"

16: we call this "Sweet 16" and usually have a special birthday party. Children from financially successful families generally receive a car for their birthday present. We can obtain our driver's license. Many parents consider this age to be appropriate for their children to start going on unsupervised dates

18: We graduate from high school (thus the end of our government provided education); We can vote in elections; we can legally buy tobacco products; we are now responsible for ourselves. Our parents are no longer our bosses, and we do not need their consent or permissions. We are considered to be adults. We can join the military; we can marry etc.

21: We can legally buy alcohol

Which birthdays are considered to be special in other cultures?

Question

Social Norms and Birthdays
In the United States, there are certain birthdays (give or take) that are milestones. (Generalized) those being:

5: children start their government provided education. This is called Kindergarten. All children, rich or poor, are provided this free education. (It is free, but American tax payers pay for this luxury)

13: children become teenagers and are no longer considered "little kids"

16: we call this "Sweet 16" and usually have a special birthday party. Children from financially successful families generally receive a car for their birthday present. We can obtain our driver's license. Many parents consider this age to be appropriate for their children to start going on unsupervised dates

18: We graduate from high school (thus the end of our government provided education); We can vote in elections; we can legally buy tobacco products; we are now responsible for ourselves. Our parents are no longer our bosses, and we do not need their consent or permissions. We are considered to be adults. We can join the military; we can marry etc.

21: We can legally buy alcohol


Which birthdays are considered to be special in other cultures?

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In Australia, you can buy alcohol , drive a car and vote at 18, so that's a huge birthday. Otherwise it's  also 1, 5, 13 and 16. People celebrate 21sts as well, but they're no longer the big deal  that they  used to be. Then it's 30, 50, 60, 70 etc.

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So in Kazakhstan it looks like this:

3: Children sent to kindergarten. Of course, it's also free (except for private institutions), but some parents do not want to send a child there.

6-7: Children go to school! There they remained for 11 years, going through all stages of school education (preparatory, primary, secondary).

14: Children can officially get a passport!

15-16: At this age children finish nine classes (lower secondary education) and decide to go to college or learn another 2 years. At age 16, children receive their first ID card.

18: A very important date in the life of a teenager! At this time. Teen becomes independent and can make decisions by himself. Also, you can get a driver's license. Usually this date is celebrated with a special scale. Just a teenager finishes school, takes unified national testing. According to the results of which decide: whether the teenager will go to the University or to go to college. Young men drafted into the Army, if they fail the test and did not go to the University (other than excepted from the army).

21: Twenty-one years an important date for a drink and a smoke. When young people turn 21, they are officially allowed to buy alcohol and tobacco handicraft.

As for marriage, I want to say that, in Kazakhstan, are allowed to marry is 16 years.

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wow  , thanks i can understand  you .
 it's good when you are have  age 21 old.  ( sorry i'm kidding , i love sports  and  not  love  alcohol) xa-xa.
Ohh ! in  18  we can  join the military and we can marry.
thank you  , it's  good.

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21 , we can buy alcohol :P

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