Youth

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:For other uses, see Youth (disambiguation)

Youth is defined by Webster's New World Dictionary as, "The time of life when one is young; especially: a: the period between childhood and maturity b: the early period of existence, growth, or development."(2004) Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition.

Usage Around the world the terms "youth", "adolescent", "teenager", and "young person" are interchanged, often meaning the same thing, occasionally differentiated. Youth generally refers to a time of life that is neither childhood or adulthood, but rather, somewhere in-between.

Youth also identifies a particular mindset of attitude, as in "He is very youthful". The term youth is also related to being young.

:"This world demands the qualities of youth: not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease." - Robert Kennedy

Youth is an alternative word to the scientifically-oriented adolescent and the common American terms of teen and teenager. Another common title for youth is young person or young people.

Age limits The age in which a person is considered a "youth," and thus eligible for special treatment under the law and throughout society varies around the world.

"Youth... those persons falling between the ages of 15 and 24 years inclusive." - United Nations General Assembly(n.d.) Frequently Asked Questions Youth at the UN website.
"Time in a person's life between childhood and adulthood. The term "youth" in general refers to those who are between the ages of 15 to 24." - World Bank.(n.d.) Glossary WorldBank website.
"A person... under 21 years of age." - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(n.d.) Research on Age of Drivers National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website
"People between the ages of 20 and 25." - Government of Tasmania(n.d.) Tasmania Together GlossaryAustralian Government website.