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

Adultism is not always harmful-but it is always real.

Dropping out of school is the ultimately caused by discrimination against young people in schools.

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.

Any honest conversation about engaging young people must address discrimination against young people.

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

Like a pet fish unaware of the fishbowl it lives in, each of us inherently discriminates against young people without knowing it.