Category talk:Child characters in film

Upper limit
When this category was created in 2008, it had "under age 18" as an upper limit. In September 2013 an anonymous editor changed it "under age 21" with no noted reaction.

However, while "age 21" does have some significance (drinking alcohol in the USA, stand for election in Ireland, etc.); age 21 is neither the common understanding of the end of childhood (generally the beginning of puberty or becoming a teenager), nor the legal end of childhood (i.e. the Age of Majority, generally age 18).

To avoid the whole issues of child/tween/teen—and to exclude adults from the category—I changed it to Age of Majority (i.e. age 18).

―MJBurrage(T•C) 22:45, 26 January 2015 (UTC)


 * MJBurrage and others, note that this matter was recently addressed at the WP:Film talk page. Flyer22 (talk) 09:04, 27 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks for adding the link and thanks to you  for your research. I will add these links child and puberty for anyone who comes across this. I would also point out that using the drinking age is problematic as it has changed over the years. Somewhere in the 80s (I think) the US Federal Govt forced states to move the age to 21. Before that each state had its own age limit. Wyoming's was 19 for instance. I do like Flyer22's suggestion that we add a "teenagers in film" category. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 15:27, 27 January 2015 (UTC)