You know how on the side of a board game box it says, “Ages 7 and Up?”
Or maybe it’s "Ages 3 and Up” or “Ages 12+?”
Why does Hasbro write this? A three year old playing a game for twelve years old won’t go well. They’ll be lost.
Age labels are everywhere. There are PG-13 movies, six grade reading levels, and twenty-one to drink.
When it comes to age, you know what we don’t consider? Emotional age. Yes—this might be a bit awkward, but just like a college aged kid can have a seventh grade level of reading, our chronological age (how old we are) is not indicative of emotional age.
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