When you’re born, you’re not 1. You turn 1 at the end of the year. When you are born, you are 0 years old
Like the other user says, it depends on culture. Traditionally in Korea, when you were born you were 1, and then you add one to your year on the 1st of January. So yes, you could end up being 2 years old when you are less than one full week old. One way of thinking about it is as though the question “how old are you?” was actually asking “how many calendar years have you been in?”
3 years ago today (by coincidence), the government officially forbade the use of this traditional system for almost all official purposes, favouring the international system of being 0 at birth, increasing by 1 each birthday.
Like the other user says, it depends on culture. Traditionally in Korea, when you were born you were 1, and then you add one to your year on the 1st of January. So yes, you could end up being 2 years old when you are less than one full week old. One way of thinking about it is as though the question “how old are you?” was actually asking “how many calendar years have you been in?”
3 years ago today (by coincidence), the government officially forbade the use of this traditional system for almost all official purposes, favouring the international system of being 0 at birth, increasing by 1 each birthday.
Sorry yeah I was trying to make that point but forgot what I was talking about as I typed it out
Oh boy, that is so relatable 😅