Category: relationships

• Youth-Adult Relationship Spectrum

    I have seen three primary ways adults relate to youth, no matter whether the relationship is parenting, teaching, or policing. The first way is over-permissiveness; the second is responsible; and over-restrictive. Before I explain these, its important to remind you that I’m an adult and these are my opinions; a young person and other […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  September 14, 2014

  adult allies, adultism, adults, children, democracy, education, ephebiphobia, family, Freechild, generations, parenting, relationships, school, Schools, social change, society, Students, teaching, youth, youth engagement, Youth involvement, Youth Rights, Youth Work

  adults, children, government, Home, social change, youth

• Student Voice and Student Activism

  One of the main researchers of student voice in the world today is Dana Mitra. Based out of Penn State, she’s done awesome work over the last 15+ years focused on students changing schools, and more. I really admire her writing, her commitment, and the breadth of her studies. She’s taught me a lot. Today, […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  February 22, 2014

  activism, Meaningful Student Involvement, relationships, school improvement, Schools, social change, student voice

  adultism

• Quotes about Ending Discrimination Against Young People

    Quotes about Ending Discrimination Against Young People: “I’ve been re-reading this lately to help form a proposal essay for a class and it is the ONLY well-rounded and researched source I have found. Adam did a great job of making me see how youth discrimination is affecting our society negatively and provided plenty of […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  February 20, 2014

  Adam Fletcher, adultism, adults, publicity, quotes, relationships, youth, youth empowerment, youth engagement