| Definitions | | perpetual child |
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noun
- A person who lives or has lived with his or her parents as long as the parents are or were alive, and afterwards requires someone else to be looked after by. A person who is adult in stature but is still not capable of living as an independent adult.
- Many autistic adults have been portrayed as perpetual children.
- A person who is treated like a child for life.
- Parents should raise future adults, not perpetual children.
Translations: - Dutch: eeuwig kind
- French: enfant perpétuel
- German: unaufhí¶rliches Kind
- Italian: bambino perpetuo , bambina perpetua
- Spanish: nií±o perpetuo , nií±a perpetua
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