CHAPDISC3: Protection Lost at 17???/ Apparition before being 17

[mercurybluesmng]

No: HPFGUIDX 142734

Tyler:
> Wizarding World children may become adults at 17 for a magical 
reason--
> childhood protection charms may cease to have affect at that point.  
> Seventeen is the age when they are allowed to Apparate and do more 
> sophisticated magic, but maybe there are magical constraints that 
> prevent children from Apparating before 17.  Think about how 
difficult 
> it would be to corral preschoolers if they were Apparating 
> everywhere.  Certain stronger magics may have built-in childlocks.



Funny, I seem to recall a fair number of not-yet-seventeen-year-olds 
learning to Apparate in Hogwarts's Great Hall. Case in point: Harry.

Corralling preschoolers is just plain difficult. With or without 
Apparation or childproof gates. Apparition is probably beyond the 
capabilities of your average child, as they don't yet have the sense 
of This-is-Me that is apparently required to get to your destination, 
and it's certainly beyond their capability to focus magic as they 
don't yet know how.

And how would you build a child lock into a spell?

MercuryBlue