# When is personhood achieved

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 1, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-personhood-achieved/591035 "2011-08-01T13:47:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-personhood-achieved/591035/41 "2011-08-02T19:07:52Z")

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Other: sometime between 6 and 18 months. That’s when personality and independence really start to be obvious. Before then, the infant seems to be more instinct and reflex.

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**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-personhood-achieved/591035/42 "2011-08-02T19:33:34Z")

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> [@Strinka](#):
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> Basically, these.

I’m too lazy to cut and paste like you did, but I feel the same way.

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