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by bambax 952 days ago
Ok, thanks for the link (and the text of your post is in fact a quote for that page); but the page in question is from the UK department of justice. In the judicial system it makes sense to call all minors "children".

In an article for the general public, the use of the term is disingenuous IMHO, because people usually don't think of 17-year-old persons as "children".

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The law isn't just for the judicial system. It's what governs the general public.

17 year old persons are children.