the conduit

I don’t want to diminish the changes that occur in adolescence but could it be that the difficulties experienced by this age group have a lot to do with how they are treated? Watch TV, read the news and look for the patronizingly knowing glances that adults share as they discuss the adolescent. Count how often young people’s behaviors or opinions are neutralized or dismissed as they are explained away through assumptions about hormones or brain development.  What would it take to give Adora’s hypothesis a chance–that we have much to gain from listening to young people?

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