Laws are legal absolutes used by the courts and law enforcement to determine when a person has committed an illegal act. Those who break laws may be charged. Standards don’t carry the same weight as laws. They’re legal definitions, but they’re more ambiguous than laws. They’re general guidelines, and depending on the circumstances and parties involved, they’re subject to interpretation. As noted earlier, the courts may not evaluate a child or someone with special skills with the same reasonable person standard as an average adult without relevant special skills.