Words to avoid: Difference between revisions

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 * {{anchor|jd}}{{code|juvenile delinquency}}?
 :: See also: {{code|[[#juvenile|juvenile]]}}
-* {{anchor|aa}}{{code|age appropriate}}/{{code|age-appropriate}}
+*{{anchor|like adults}} {{code|to treat like adults}} - used to desribe behaviour showing a lack of trust or excessive control.
-:: This word is sometimes used as a [[dog whistles|dog whistle]] to deter certain youth behaviors. In other uses it suggests that the development of every young person is consistant with solar cycles.
+::  This implies that children cannot be treated seriously.
-:: Use instead: {{code|development&nbsp;appropriate}}/{{code|development-appropriate}}
+:: See also: {{code|[[#like children|treating like children]]}}
+*{{anchor|like children}} {{code|to treat like children}} - used to describe micromanaging or excessive/coercive control.
+::  This implies jusifying such treatment of children.
+:: See also: {{code|[[#like adults|treating like adults]]}}
 == Terms that are loaded by itself ==