dependent children
Kids needing guardians
Dependent children are minors who rely on a parent or guardian for financial support and care.
The term appears most often in legal, tax, and insurance contexts, where it determines eligibility for benefits, deductions, or coverage: You can claim dependent children on your taxes until they turn nineteen.
The age cutoff varies by jurisdiction and purpose—some policies extend dependent status into the early twenties for full-time students.
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
- infancyEarliest period of life
- custodyProtective care or control
- custodial parentParent children reside with
- toddlerhoodStage of learning walking
parenting · single parent · guardianship · foster care · school age · emancipation · caregiving · juvenile court · financial aid · social workers · poverty line · tax credits · family law · family court · adoption · food stamps · adolescence · full-time student
- householdshousehold, nuclear family, residents, married couple, occupants
- family lawalimony, family court, divorce petitions, divorce law, divorce papers
- orphan careorphanages, orphans, foundlings, foster care, foster homes
- generationsbaby boomers, millennials, Gen Z, Gen X, baby boomer
dependent childrenbreadwinners
Primary household income providers
heads of household · providers · caregivers · guardians · parents
dependent childrenadults
Fully mature individuals
empty nesters · retirees · senior citizens · grown-ups · elders
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