Dignity
We believe that all people deserve to be valued and respected[1]. No matter their circumstances. This includes people below a certain age. Unfortunately this isn't always true...
This especially means that 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 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"?