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Are kids even treated like humans? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by Spanish_Commie@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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So I've been thinking for a while about this subject, and I finally decided to make a post about this some time after I saw a YouTuber say what I put on the title of this post.

Thing is, I've noticed that very often young people and especially kids are treated as lesser beings, like if they were not humans beings with problems and lives of their own but just an annoyance that people have to keep up with.

I remember when I was a kid and I wanted to cross a zebra crossing cars would just pass by without stopping more often than not. Now that I'm an adult they stop pretty much every time. I suspect it was because they didn't want to stop for someone they consider to be lesser than them.

Also, a lot of people seem to think that being a kid means that you just play videogames or whatever all day, but don't these people remember when they were kids? I sure do. Going to school has been the worst thing I've ever had to endure. The only difference with having a job is that you don't get paid.

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[–] Aru@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's also noticeable with the way we act and talk to children, like when I was a kid I didn't like talking with anyone because adults talked to me in the annoying voice thing and they always used to dismiss what I say and underestimate my level of comprehension.

First thing is that obviously, children are far weaker than adults (I'm not included since I got once into a fight with a 6th grader and lost) there's also knowledge gap from age which creates a power domination dynamic thing.

This also can be a result of self hatred and regret, as we were all young and made dumbass decisions that we look back on and project into kids going through the same.

This also is because of capitalism and the worth of humans being tied to how much value they produce, infact one of the first questions kids get asked is "what do you want to be when you grow up".

[–] rjs001@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

My parents always would always tell people not to ask me that when they would (when I saw like 4-6 and younger than I would care) because it would teach me to see my value in a job. I didn’t really understand why they didn’t like that question then but it fully makes sense to me as an adult