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Hi,

I'm assisting with a research project being run by a student at a northern England university.

Generally, English law defines anyone under 18 as a child (the term

"young person", where it has any meaning at all, is used to describe

persons of school leaving age and over). Do you think it would be

useful if the law recognised more "shades" of growing-up? Within the

research we are presently recommending:

Child 0 - 11

Young person 12-15

Young adult 16-18

This would make NO difference to any child protection legislation or procedures.

Any comments would be appreciated. Your personal details will not be

used within the report or disclosed to anyone else.

It would be nice to do something with this data.

Do you have any children under 10? For each child, could you tell me:

a) are they a boy or girl?

b) how old are they?

c) on a day by day basis, do they select what to wear, or do you?

It would be helpful to know where in the world you are. Country is enough.

And thanks!