The document discusses definitions of who is considered a child. It notes that internationally a child is defined as anyone under 18 according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In the Philippines specifically, the legal age of adulthood is 18, though those with disabilities may still be considered children even after 18. Prior to 1988, the minimum marriage ages were 16 for boys and 14 for girls, but are now both 18.

1. WHO IS A CHILD?
Presented by:
Yap, Nelmalyn A.

2. The word child is normally
used to mean someone who is
older than a baby but not yet a
teenager
The very first article says that
every person under the age of
18 should have the rights
contained in the Convention

3.  The age at which a person is allowed to marry ,
vote, get a full time job, leave home, enlist in the
military or do other things usually thought of as
reserved for adults, is not necessarily the same in
all countries or in one country.
 It would not have been realistic to require all the
rights contained in the Convention, This is why
Article 1 opens a loophole, saying that all person
under the age of 18 have all rights contained in
the Convention.

4. IN THE PHILIPPINES
 In the Philippines, a person is considered a child
until he or she reaches the age of majority, which
is 18.
 Under a law called the “Special Protection Act”,
persons who are unable to care for themselves or
to protect themselves from abuse or exploitation
because of physical or mental disability are still
considered children even after they reach the age
of 18.

5. Example of
Physical
disabilities
Example of
Mental
disabilities

6.  Before the enactment of the 1988 Family Code,
boys could marry at the age of 16, and girls at
14. The Family Code has increased the minimum
age for both to age 18.
 However, one out of every 25 Filipino girls has a
child before the age of 18.

7.  The constitution says that the right to life
must be protected from conception.
 Abortion is punishable, under the criminal
only

8. • The word child is normally
used to mean someone who is
older than a baby but not yet a
teenager
• The very first article says that
every person under the age of
18 should have the rights
contained in the Convention

9. • The age at which a person is allowed to marry ,
vote, get a full time job, leave home, enlist in
the military or do other things usually thought of
as reserved for adults, is not necessarily the
same in all countries or in one country.
• It would not have been realistic to require all the
rights contained in the Convention, This is why
Article 1 opens a loophole, saying that all
person under the age of 18 have all rights
contained in the Convention.

10. In The Philippines
• In the Philippines, a person is considered a child until
he or she reaches the age of majority, which is 18.
• Under a law called the “Special Protection Act”,
persons who are unable to care for themselves or to
protect themselves from abuse or exploitation
because of physical or mental disability are still
considered children even after they reach the age of
18.

11. Example of
Physical
disabilities
Example of
Mental
disabilities

12. • Before the enactment of the 1988 Family Code, boys
could marry at the age of 16, and girls at 14. The
Family Code has increased the minimum age for both
to age 18.
• However, one out of every 25 Filipino girls has a
child before the age of 18.

13. • The constitution says that the right to life must be
protected from conception.
• Abortion is punishable, under the criminal only