1. The phrase "coming of age" suggests that there is a fixed age when young people become adult and gain the rights that go with it. It isn't like that. Rights are acquired slowly over a long period. Age limits are, of course, minimums. Just because you can start full-time work at the age of 16 doesn't make it a good idea. Maturity has a lot to do with making choices, not doing things just because you can. Young people mature at very different ages.
2. Don't be panicked by the complexity of legal age limits. As a youth worker, you don't have to commit to memory all the details about drawing money from a post office savings account from the age of seven. Just try to get to know the useful stuff - like the laws on young people working.
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