The key to throwing off these chains of mental immaturity is reason.

The Convention states that "the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care".

As a result, those above the set age of consent may still be considered unable to legally consent due to mental immaturity.

I think when you are young, hormones and mental immaturity, lack of life experiences and so on can cause you to make bad decisions.

In periods of mental immaturity, only demagogues invoke the 'higher judgment of the people'.

'The child, by reason of its physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth.'