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Adultism is a predisposition towards adults, defined as "behaviors and attitudes based on the assumptions that adults are better than young people, and entitled to act upon young people without agreement".[1] Adultism is popularly used to describe any discrimination against young people and is distinguished from ageism, which is simply prejudice on the grounds of age; not specifically against youth. Adultism is ostensibly caused by fear of children and youth.[2]
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Glens Falls Post-Star
"Bob used to say that most meetings adults have for kids suffer from a disease called ' adultism ,' which is when adults try to tell the kids what the kids ...
