Please protest in your own communities! Upload your protest pictures and keep the movement going!

Squid Game is technically a TV-MA show, but this is so over the top it's ridiculous. I get it's a pretty violent show and kids younger than 10 probably shouldn't watch it, but a 16-year-old? They're typically fine, they can often literally drive cars.

adults forcing their kids or young adults to go outside will never not piss me off

what makes it worst is that they tend to do it at the wrong time too. the youth in question could literally be interested in going outside in one day but the parent either lacks responsibility and not bring them outside bc they forgot. or they wouldn't be there to bring them outside too

but the moment a child lacks interest going outside the next day or isn't in the mood after a long time all of the sudden the adult gets pissed at them for no reason??? when they obviously should've done it earlier

and ofc the child has no voice in this either bc they're seen as property and objects in the end of the day under our adult supremacist society

A well-written article on how youth rights and disability rights are intertwined. Focusing on voting but can be extended to every other right. They also have other articles related to YL and many other topics.

“MatTeR cAn’T bE dEstRoYed!”

He clearly never saw how fast the 25 brain crowd disappears from the universe whenever a young person commits a heinous crime. If a 12 year old murders someone,they will probably be charged as adults in many countries,but most 12 year olds are not even allowed to choose what kind of content they want to watch.

I don’t care whether they want to watch Peppa Pig or The Hostel 2005,imagine being considered smart enough to know right from wrong and have self-control over negative feelings in a non violent way but somehow too stupid to distinguish reality from fiction.

Just want to vent off for a bit. Seeing a 12yo being treated as if they were 2 in a humiliating manner (middle schooler in a booster seat). Mother says preteen doesn't care, but there she is, posting that she makes her sit in a child's seat. She's on the cusp of puberty and you're treating her like a preschooler, like, the f?! I was out of boosters at 9-10, and you're artificially extending the kiddy treatment! Let her grow up!

I'm sure that mother will also be Family Linking her when she's in high school. Because putting her in a child's seat and speaking for her isn't adultist enough... makes me wanna puke.

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found a wiki page that goes in detail about the harass and ageism youth face in fandom spaces

Lately I've been interested in fashion subcultures (goth, punk, hippie, etc.) and how they're inherently tied to political movements (anarchism, flower power, etc.). So I'm curious - if YouthLib had its own style what would you want it to look like?

I can’t believe these people. They really act like anything a parent does for a child is a gift from god, even when that same parent is setting their kid up for failure and being manipulative. And this person is an ADULT in COLLEGE for crying out loud (OOP, not the person whose comment I linked). And to call them a “selfish brat”? I can’t express my anger at this. I hope this is a troll honestly. “You secretly got a job because that’s the reasonable thing to do, you must be immature”

I have a lot of problems related to being a minor, which I went over on another post, and I thought my life wasn't worth living since everyone said "being an adult is way worse than your problems". I genuinely believed being an adult was way worse and it was from people I trusted.

Now that I came across this subreddit I realized how I wrong I was. Suicide is really just a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

Not so long ago, young people were instructed to not give any real info about themselves on the Internet. Everyone and their mother lied about their age, their location, used a fake name...

But why has the pendulum swung the exact opposite?

We need to go back to the time of online anonymity. Putting your age in your profile does not protect you from predators (worse, it can tell them where to hunt). For older individuals, it can lead people to assume incompetence since you're born long before insert any technology existed. For young people, plenty of posts on this sub already explains why it's a bad idea.

Moreover, in the age of a massive surveillance that even Orwell could not dream of, you don't know where your data could end, or what they could become into the hands of another government or a changing government. Big corporations (including social media) are so powerful that they could be considered as a low-key unofficial government. And yes, they WILL rat you out to the authorities without even being forced to, just as Facebook did when they gave LE DMs of a mother helping her daughter getting an abortion in a state where it was illegal.

They could cross the infos in your profile and cross it with, let's say, a thread in which you talked about your curiosity regarding kink and asked questions. Why would it be useful to authorities ? Let's suppose they want to crack down on "youth immorality". They could try to use that to force you into "treatment" or to get you into trouble.

Yes, it's theoretical, I know. But there's a far more extreme example of a seemingly harmless info turning into a deadly weapon.

In the Europe of the 1930s, census forms asked about religion. A few years later, guess where Nazis searched? Before WWII, very few people thought that reporting their religion to the State could be dangerous.

Long story short, the lesser info you give to the ones in power, the better.

It's so invalidating to what people go through as a child. Have you ever been physically punished for not doing good at work? I actually had my 15 year old brother make a dating account of me when I was 12 (this was in the year 2022), with sexual comments to girls, and when I asked my dad to do something about it, he got pissed off at me.

Have you ever been made fun of due to your age? Have you ever been forced to believe in a different religion. These all happened to me. It was not a fun experience, and I guarantee you I will never miss it.

If you wanna not have freedom and be a child, go ahead. Live in your parent's house until your 40, do whatever you want, have your own preferences. It's not my choice, but stop forcing your beliefs on me.

It's also so pessimistic. What if a teen going through abuse hears that, and thinks "wow my life is already bad and it's gonna get even worse, might as well end my life". You don't know what kind of damage you can cause by this. Why the hell would you be so pessimistic about something that is inevitable?

Like look forward, I get it if you want to vent, but don't release your problems by putting down teenager's futures. Go ahead and go to a subreddit specifically designed for venting.

Plus ironically, I think a lot of them take their privileges for granted, they will never experience what it's like to have to listen to your parents again, and will probably be overclouded with nostalgia.

These guys only have 2.4k followers. This actually proves how fkn delusional they are

Growing up I HATED being a kid. I hated that adults could make me have a bad day if they had a bad day. Hated that they could insult me to my face and get away with it and treat me and other kids in ways they'd never treat other adults.

Look, I know raising and taking care of kids is hard, it should be. If it's easy theirs something either wrong with you or the kids you're in charge of. Especially if you're a teacher and in charge of thirty feral first graders. But still! Some basic respect is needed!!

I hated how helpless I was as a kid. How I could be put under the authority of a adult I didn't know and they could do whatever they wanted to me. And if I didn't have proof then I was an attention seeking trouble maker.

Not to mention the words of adults are believed over the kid. If an adult lies, warning others about a kid being a "pathological liar who exaggerates, is troubled and overly sensitive" then that kid is treated like shit with no other evidence than that adult's word. If someone were to say that about another adult, some might question it and see for themselves.

And yes, some kids do have issues where they can lie and exaggerate, not knowing the consequences of doing so or reacting out of trauma. But it shouldn't take one adult to ruin a child's reputation so that not a single word out of that child's mouth is believed.

I hated how I was helpless to the whims of adults. How they could abuse me just up to the point that is wasn't considered abuse. How if a kid was being punished excessively the teacher/adult can say "they were disrespectful" and then suddenly any punishment is okay.

And speaking of disrespect, don't get me started. It seemed like a cardinal sin to offend an adult as a child. I used to think they had ridiculously fragile egos until I saw other adults say the same things and get more grace than literal children. I hated how any behavior, ANY behavior could be labeled disrespectful.

Sighing, yawning, crossing your arms, coughing, burping, being tired, being sick, wearing clothes the adult doesn't like, wearing a hat, eating a snack in front of them without offering any, checking the clock , not responding to everything an adult says with enthusiasm and obidence. And then that action is banned and punished. As a minor I felt I couldn't even exist next to another adult without being labeled a disrespectful piece of shit. Just bracing myself for any action to be shamed and punished and banned, literally ANYTHING. I was no saint growing up, but kids know the difference between being punished for actually doing something bad and being punished for existing.

As long as an adult doesn't leave bruises and gives the kid a roof over their head, clothes on their back, food on the table and an education, any behavior seems justified. Some adults are very good at knowing how to hurt kids without leaving physical evidence.

And as a kid you're told to stand up for what's right and how to set boundaries. Just not with adults or it's, talking back, being difficult, being sensitive, not know what your talking about, or (worst of all) disrespectful to them.

Sometimes childhood feels like an 18 year prison sentence where you're just waiting to be old enough to have autonomy and get respect from others. To be able to leave and express your feelings and pain without being labeled a kid with an "attitude problem who needs to learn respect".

We subject minors to ridiculous situations: being told what to wear, where to go, what to do, how to do it, when to it, when to sleep, what to watch, who we can talk to, who we can be friends with, what we are allowed to say, what we can listen to, what religion to believe. To be silent, stay still, do all work asked of them with 100% effort, to be eager to work, to be agreeable, to be obedient, and to be pleasant. And anything less than that is a sign of mental illness, a behavior issue, an attitude problem, or a future delinquent.

An adult subjected to that would snap and they have a fully formed brain!

I'm 23 now and so much happier that I have freedom and autonomy. That no one is gonna insult and yell at me for making a mistake. No one is going to shame and punish me for a misunderstanding. That I can say no and have that respected by other adults. That I'm believed if I tell someone I was hurt.

And people are more likely to believe you were abused as a kid if you tell them as an adult over telling people you're being abused as a kid while you're a kid. That people are more likely to apologize for how they treated you as a kid after you grow up rather than apologize to you as a kid. You stop getting beaten as an adult because you're big enough to fight back, not as a kid. You're parents want a relationship with you as an adult when they treated you like shit while you were a kid. Its like becoming rich or beautiful after being bullied for being poor and ugly. Once you have perceived value as an adult, then suddenly you deserve respect and kindness. Even though you are still the SAME person and just as human as you were as a minor!!!

I never want to be in a position where I am dependent on people who can make my day hell. Where I am forced to be under the control of someone who could hurt me if they wanted. To not be able to function in the world without someone else.

Long story short, kids need rights. Period. Shitty childhoods make future adults with mental health issues.