Until the seventeenth century, children were seen as miniature adults.
I was like an alien to them, some freak, a miniature adult.
There were moments when Grace felt he was out with a miniature adult, not a child.
When it comes to medication (or almost anything else, for that matter), children are not just miniature adults.
Keep in mind that children are not miniature adults.
His intense expression made him look like a miniature adult.
This is carried around by the mother and hatches into a miniature adult.
In the early 18th century, children were thought of and dressed as miniature adults.
Parents are reminded that children view the world from a different perspective and should not be expected to act like miniature adults.
The Colonial view was one of children as miniature adults, and they were dressed accordingly.