Children are biologically not the same as adults, in ways that directly bear on decision-making. The more we learn about how the brain develops, the more clear this becomes.
The reverse is true of black people and adult women: the more learn about the brains of these adults, the less proof we find for any differences in potential brain function.
This is why we treat the decisions of children more lightly than we do the decision of adults. This is a good thing, societally; otherwise millions of children could routinely be imprisoned for assault and battery due to common schoolyard shenanigans.
The reverse is true of black people and adult women: the more learn about the brains of these adults, the less proof we find for any differences in potential brain function.
This is why we treat the decisions of children more lightly than we do the decision of adults. This is a good thing, societally; otherwise millions of children could routinely be imprisoned for assault and battery due to common schoolyard shenanigans.