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by shadowgovt 1361 days ago
The "under-18-year-olds can't enter into contracts" laws are, broadly speaking, derived historically from child labor protection concerns, and tend to be state-level law.

There's very real risk that legitimizing a contract with a child opens Google up to expensive-to-litigate criminal liability.

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Children technically can enter into contracts. But they're voidable contracts, so it's essentially no upside and only downside for those that would contract with them.