Whoa, them fighting words

[NiftyNiblick]

That may be the age of consent, but they are not considered an adult until they turn 18. A 17 year old is still legally a child.

What is so hard to understand about this?

Nothing. I understand.
What's the issue, here,
the age of adulthood or the age of consent?

I've already forgotten the original subject.
Sorry, Phan.

On a related subject, regardless of legal definitions,
I don't think of a seventeen year old as a child.

A pain in the ass, probably, but not exactly a child.