Age ranges

User-friendly and CMS-friendly age ranges

When supplying age ranges, consider what users are most likely to understand, and remember that non-divisible age ranges are particularly hard to understand.

If one or both of the minimum or maximum ages is not divisible by 12, the CMS will automatically display the range in years. For ages over 18 months, this can be difficult to read and understand. For these situations, we can use the Age - Suitability display override field on the CMS metadata screen, rather than the minimum and maximum age boxes. 

For example, see Separation anxiety in babies and children:

Instead of writing: 8 and 96 in the minimum and maximum boxes and getting a display of 0.7-8 years

You can write: 8 months-8 years in the Suitability display override field.

Articles with more than one age range

Stick with the core age the content focuses on. For example, even if an article about preschoolers mentions something they might have done when they were toddlers, it doesn’t mean the article is about toddlers. In this case it would be best to keep the age range focused on preschoolers (aged 3-5).

Ensure the age range reflects the age-stage categories the article has been assigned to.

Standard RCN age ranges

You can use the plus symbol (+) to indicate the content might be relevant beyond the upper age.

Converting years to months for the CMS