Category: adultism

• Adultism in Parenting: The Terrible Twos

  The so-called “Terrible Twos” are a myth. A Drunken Postmaster Supposedly coined by a drunken postmaster in the 1800s, the phrase has become ubiquitous among new parents everywhere I hear anyone talking about children. I have raised a child through them and participated in the upbringing of a number of nieces and nephews, and every […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 10, 2008

  Adam Fletcher, adultism, family, parenting, Reflection, Youth Voice

  children, parenting, social change, youth

• Adultism is a Tool

  In an article for Suite101, D.C.-area consultant Khadijah Ali-Coleman proposes that “We can begin to stop adultism by listening and actually hearing. Stop belittling. Speak respectfully.” However, that’s just not enough. Too often practitioners in the fields of youth development, community youth organizing and service learning rely on simplistic mantras to help themselves feel better […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 3, 2008

  adultism, Theory

• So-Called Juvenile Terrorism

  

  We live in a time when being labeled a terrorist can lead a person to be indefinitely locked up in prison as a preventative measure designed to keep terrorists off the street. That’s what Guantanamo is for, and that’s what Mahar Arar suffered. Mother Jones magazine has followed the long-standing diligence of the National Youth […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  August 29, 2007

  adultism, ephebiphobia, Memoirs, Reflection