USA - CPSC Updated Age Determination Guidelines

This document presents age-grading information in the form of guidelines for toys and other articles, children’s toys, child care articles, and children’s products.

CPSC staff performs age determinations, in which the various characteristics of a consumer product are matched to the skills, play behaviors, and interests of children in a particular age group.

CPSC staff will begin using the 2020 Age Determination Guidelines on June 1st, 2020, at which time this 2020 Guidelines will supersede the 2002 Guidelines.