Hey.
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Hey. Teens are not children. It’s one thing to call them kids or children casually, but when we’re talking about policy and development, the difference matters.
Adolescence is markedly different from childhood, and late adolescence (16-ish to around 20) is much more similar to adulthood than childhood. Stop infantilizing teens, please.
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Hey. Teens are not children. It’s one thing to call them kids or children casually, but when we’re talking about policy and development, the difference matters.
Adolescence is markedly different from childhood, and late adolescence (16-ish to around 20) is much more similar to adulthood than childhood. Stop infantilizing teens, please.
Extending childhood expectations and restrictions into adolescence is every bit as harmful as expecting adolescents to have all the responsibility of adulthood. If you understand why “16 is old enough to be sent to war” is a problem, then you ought to be aware that “16 is too young to make decisions about what art and literature to consume” is the other side of that coin.
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Extending childhood expectations and restrictions into adolescence is every bit as harmful as expecting adolescents to have all the responsibility of adulthood. If you understand why “16 is old enough to be sent to war” is a problem, then you ought to be aware that “16 is too young to make decisions about what art and literature to consume” is the other side of that coin.
An adolescent can absolutely be aware of gender and sexuality in a meaningful way. They can absolutely have considered opinions about policies that affect them.
They’re not yet fully adults, and they lack experience, but they damned well aren’t children either.
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