is the period from infancy or childhood to maturity.
Around the world the terms "youth", "adolescent
", "teenager", and "young person" are interchanged, often meaning the same thing, occasionally differentiated. Youth generally refers to a time of life that is neither childhood
, but rather, somewhere in-between. Youth also identifies a particular mindset of attitude, as in "He is very youth
ful". The term youth is also related to being young
- "This world demands the qualities of youth: not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the life of ease." - Robert Kennedy
Youth is an alternative word to the scientifically-oriented adolescent and the common terms of teen and teenager. Another common title for youth is young person or young people.
The age in which a person is considered a "youth," and thus eligible for special treatment under the law and throughout society varies around the world.