minor children
Kids not adults
Minor children are those who have not yet reached the age of legal adulthood, which varies by jurisdiction but is typically eighteen.
The phrase appears almost exclusively in legal, administrative, and formal contexts—wills, custody agreements, insurance policies—where precision matters.
In everyday speech, people simply say kids or children; the modifier minor signals a document concerned with legal rights, responsibilities, or protections that apply specifically to those below the age of majority.
- adolescentsYouth approaching maturity
- infantsVery young children
- juvenilesUnderage individuals
- wardsProtected dependents or districts
- youthsPersons not yet adult
offspring · teenagers · foster care · custody · sole custody · joint custody · toddlers · little ones · young ones · dependents · youngsters · kinship care · newborns · parental authority · parental rights · primary caregiver · legal guardianship · family court
- citizenshipcitizen, citizenship laws, citizenship law, citizenship test, citizenship ceremony
- naturalizationcitizenship test, naturalization ceremony, naturalization test, naturalization certificate, citizenship oath
- parental rightsparental rights, parental authority, parental responsibility, parental responsibilities, parental consent
- willstestator, last will, testament, codicil, bequest