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That's the most arbitrary of those four age ranges, set by a fluke of English terminology and not aligning with any laws or social norms.
by stametseater 4y ago
That's the most arbitrary of those four age ranges, set by a fluke of English terminology and not aligning with any laws or social norms.
- layer8 4y agoIt aligns with the WHO definition of adolescence (10-19).
- achenatx 4y agothen you would expect the groups to be 1-9 and 10-19
- layer8 4y agoIf you look at their 2018 publication [0], they actually do that, distinguishing between younger children (1-4), older children (5-9), and adolescents (10-19). [0] https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsr1804754 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsr1804754