Most of society's decision making for young people happens without young people, and that could not happen without adultcentrism.

The outcome of this culture of discrimination is that young people are routinely denied the roles in society they can, should, and need to be occupying.

The pattern of discrimination that allows this discrimination was set in the founding of the United States.

Young people and adults need equitable relationships-they do not need equal ones.

Adultism leads to a phenomenon of little adults, who are young people who are treated as adults-in-the-making. A non-discriminatory perspective would be to treat children and youth as whole and complete people right now.

For every young person living on the streets tonight, there are many at home zoning out inside their homes through video games, and even more who disengage from school. These are direct effects of internalized discrimination based on their age.

Most of society's decision making for young people happens without young people, and that could not happen without adultcentrism.