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Don't most countries give people their first IDs before 18? Mine does it at 14.

In the U.S., you can get a passport for a baby. In my state, you can get a state ID for your child.

I don't believe IDs are mandatory for children, though? School IDs, maybe, but processing/storing those is going to be a data handling nightmare

Sure, but they could still check the age while also linking the ID.