[Jet Jaguar]

24 and 30 year olds are considered youth now, as well.

[goodwithagun]

He could run circles around today's high school grads with the education he received up to age 11.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Yep. I remembered when 15 year olds acted like adults.

It's the adolescenceing of America.

[This_far]

From a Miracle on 34th Street (wiki):

Fred presents Judge Harper with three of those letters addressed simply to "Santa Claus" and delivered to Kris, asserting the U.S. Post Office (and therefore by extension the federal government) has thus acknowledged that he is the Santa Claus. When Harper demands "further exhibits", mailmen dump the entire contents of 21 full mailbags onto the bench in front of Harper, whereupon he dismisses the case.

Vis a vis obamacare, childhood now ends at age 27 when they no longer can be carried on their parents healthcare.

Convoluted and a stretch, yes, but no more so than the decision concerning the separation of church and state.