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We believe that all people deserve to be valued and respected<ref name="wp-dignity">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignity</ref>. No matter their circumstances. This includes people below a certain age. Unfortunately this isn't always true...
We believe that all people deserve to be valued and respected<ref name="wp-dignity">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignity</ref>. No matter ''who'' they are or ''what'' they do. This includes people below a certain age. Unfortunately not everyone agrees with us...


This especially means that we believe young people should not be:
We believe young people should not be:
* degraded,
* degraded,
* dehumanized,
* dehumanized,
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* humiliated.
* humiliated.


Why do we, as a society, find it okey to treat young people as less-than-humans or yet-to-be-humans? Why is it acceptable to humiliate a child over "bad" behavior? Or be indifferent to their mental health struggles "because" of their academic achievements? Or deny them services (I'm not even talking about "dangerous" ones)? Or treat them like "the cause of all crime"?
Why do we, as a society, find it okey to treat young people as less-than-humans or yet-to-be-humans? Why do we treat them in a way no adult deserves to be treated? Why is it acceptable to humiliate a child over "bad" behavior? Or be indifferent to their mental health struggles "because" of their academic achievements? Or deny them services (I'm not even talking about "dangerous" ones)? Or treat them like they are "the cause of all crime"? Or treat them as cohorts and not individuals?
== Reasons for violations ==
== Reasons for violations ==



Revision as of 13:53, 23 June 2026

We believe that all people deserve to be valued and respected[1]. No matter who they are or what they do. This includes people below a certain age. Unfortunately not everyone agrees with us...

We believe young people should not be:

  • degraded,
  • dehumanized,
  • instrumentalized or objectified,
  • humiliated.

Why do we, as a society, find it okey to treat young people as less-than-humans or yet-to-be-humans? Why do we treat them in a way no adult deserves to be treated? Why is it acceptable to humiliate a child over "bad" behavior? Or be indifferent to their mental health struggles "because" of their academic achievements? Or deny them services (I'm not even talking about "dangerous" ones)? Or treat them like they are "the cause of all crime"? Or treat them as cohorts and not individuals?

Reasons for violations

References