[michtzik]

Of course this is just a snide remark that doesn't contribute to the conversation, but it can be interesting to dive deeper:

For example, why don't the kids themselves have the right to vote?

[JumpCrisscross]

> why don't the kids themselves have the right to vote?

"Cortical white matter increases from childhood (~9 years) to adolescence (~14 years)," while "cortical grey matter development peaks at ~12 years of age in the frontal and parietal cortices, and 14–16 years in the temporal lobes" [1].

The latter processes emotions and language [2]. Its myelination continues significantly through at least 17 years old [3], through one's mid twenties.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_brain_development_timeli...

[2] https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/16799-temporal-lo...

[3] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33359342/#&gid=article-figur...

[michtzik]

Previously in the United States, schools taught "all men are created equal" to people that could see that they weren't being treated that way.

Similarly, today we teach the importance of "universal suffrage" to kids, an entirely disenfranchised class.

Apparently you think there are some characteristics of children that should disqualify them from voting. Others think similarly of other groups.