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

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

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

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

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

Young people often serve as scapegoats for the challenges communities face. At the same time, they are routinely pushed away from connecting to their communities as serious problem-solvers capable of changing the world.

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