# How young can you be and still be considered a child predator?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 15, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-young-can-you-be-and-still-be-considered-a-child-predator/819648 "2018-08-15T11:39:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-young-can-you-be-and-still-be-considered-a-child-predator/819648/1 "2018-08-15T11:39:12Z")

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Question is inspired by a good friend who told me his cousin abused him. The older cousin was around 11, which would make him a child predator while he was a child himself. It made me wonder if there’s a power limit. If a three-year old acts inappropriately with his infant sister, that’s not predation, it’s a child who doesn’t know better … righ? How young can you be and still be considered a “predator”?