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Noun
en-noun|sgperpetual child|plperpetual children

1. 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.

1. A person who is treated like a child for life.

#:Parents should raise future adults, not perpetual children.

Translations
rfc-trans
Chinese: 永�孩�
*pinyin: yongjiuhaizi
Dutch: eeuwig kind
French: enfant perpétuel
German: unaufhörliches Kind
Greek: δια�κέ� �αιδί
Italian: bambino perpetuo m, bambina perpetua f
Japanese:
*kanji: 永����
*hiragana: ��������
*romaji: eien no kodomo
Korean: �� (ai)
Latin: infans perpetuus m, infans perpetua f
Spanish: niño perpetuo m, niña perpetua f

See also
autism
boomerang child
late bloomer
postadolescence
parental home

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