OP here. A 10 year old can intend to come here but they should at least be asked their age before the site is opened up to them. The intention with my thread was not to try and protect minors from entering but was about protecting Motherless itself from unwanted legal action, that could be brought, by not being able to prove that a kid lied about their age to enter the site. At the end of the day if children decide to enter this site, with or without an age verification system, then I don't really care as I don't own this site and can't be held legally responsible.
Whether the site owners chose to implement something or not is entirely down to them. If they feel that they don't need it then so be it, but at least someone has reminded them about it.
If it were my website I'd feel more comfortable knowing that I had an age record (whether genuine or not) for every visitor that came to it.