Important Definitions When Speaking of Children's Rights

The following are definitions according to United States Law

Such words or terms as "age of consent", "consent", "minor", "age of majority", and "adult" differ yet have similarities depending in what country, even what county one is living. Convoluted meaning and understanding leads to violations of children's rights and high number of child marriages around the world.
"Personhood" is a term that differs around the world in regards to children. *An interesting FYI, in 2014, an orangutan was granted personhood. So have other animals/primates.
We can and must do better by our children.

*Personhood - A state of being a person

A person is a being that has certain capabilities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness, self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property or legal responsibilities. 
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*In 2014, in Argentina, an orangutan was granted personhood. ​https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/12/22/orangutan-granted-rights-of-personhood-in-argentina/?utm_term=.d32cff7988d5

Chimp acts human until she is released back to the wild.   https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/571318/lucy-chimp/?utm_source=fbb

Baby/Infant

​Baby, infant, child, innocent, juvenille, little one, minor, nursling, one who has not yet come of age, one who has not reached majority, person under the age of majority, person under age of (18) eighteen years of age, person who is not of full of age, toddler, tot,  young person, youngster, youth.
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Child

​1.) A child is a person's offspring
2.) A person 14 years and younger
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Minor

​Anyone younger than 18. (Mainly preteen aged to 18 years old.)

Age of Majority (Adult)

​The age of majority is the age at which a person, formerly a minor or an infant is recognized by law as being an adult capable of managing his/her own affairs and responsibilities for any legal obligations created by his or her actions. 

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Age of Consent

​Consent- A concurrence of wills. 
Varying throughout the world. There is not standard age of consent. Age of consent, especially age of sexual consent is many years in some cases more than five years lower than the age of majority (the age where adulthood starts, that being the age where one is legally responsible for his or her own actions). Not only does the age  of consent vary throughout the world, the age of consent  also varies throughout the United States, on the Federal, State, and county levels.