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Children's rights cover all the rights that belong to children, when they grow up they are granted new rights (like voting, consent, driving, etc) and duties (criminal responsibility, etc). There are different minimum limits of age at which youth are not free, independent or deemed legally competent enough to make some decisions or take certain actions. Some of the rights and responsibilities that come with age are:

• Voting age,
• Age of candidacy,
• Age of consent,
• Age of majority,
• Age of criminal responsibility,
• Drinking age,
• Driving age,
• Legal working age,
• Right to work,
• Student rights,
• Youth suffrage, etc.