Category: children’s rights

• Children’s Right to Vote Matters

  Almost all adults are harming almost all children right now. This happens inadvertently and directly; coincidentally and intentionally; by design and on accident. And it happens in many ways, including actions that are personal, structural, and social in their orientation. Our abuse ranges from casual personal offenses that range from slights of language to dehumanizing cultural alienation; structural bias from architectural discrimination to laws without political representation; and social harm including de-centering schooling biases and demeaning child-adult interactions.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 7, 2022

  activism, advocacy, children’s rights, civic engagement, democratic education, government, Learning from Experience, youth engagement

• Leelah’s Murder Is OUR Fault

  Leelah Alcorn’s death was practically a murder. It shows how America’s legal system, which enshrines parental rights above children’s rights, has killed another young person. More importantly though, we need to see that Leelah’s murder is our fault. We have not done enough, taught enough, said enough, or worked hard enough to stop this horror from happening. […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 9, 2015

  Adam Fletcher, adult allies, adultism, advocacy, bullying, children’s rights, ephebiphobia, government, law, pedophobia, perceptions, policy, troubled youth, youth empowerment, youth policy, Youth Rights

  adultism, adults, children, social change, youth, youth discrimination

• Help Promote Ending Discrimination Against Young People!

  You know I’m not the most famous person in the world, right?!? I don’t have a publicist, and I want people to get a hold of my newest book, Ending Discrimination Against Young People. I need your help! If you want to pitch in, you can help me by helping get the word out. The biggest […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  October 23, 2013

  Adam Fletcher, adultism, children, children’s rights, discrimination, publicity, Theory, youth, youth action, Youth Rights, Youth Work