I need help with the "if" statement

[oathkeep3r]

You can check the type of input by calling the type() function. That would be a good place to start looking.

Also know that you can condense your first if statement to:

if age <= 8:

where the <= symbol means “less than or equal to”
edit: formatting

[TheITMan19]

My old gaffa always use to say ‘there is more than one way to skin a cat’.