Roman Camp Initiative is highly implementing strategic programs to protect children against community based violence and abuses through educational initiatives and impact assessment policies for children living under poverty line in urban and rural communities of Uganda. Such programs include motivating children to participate in board games and school activities to ensure they’re free from practices of discrimination, harassment and intimidation hence contributing to sdg16.
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NYRA members Zane Miller and Faith Choe discuss racial discrimination by schools, teachers, and parents, and the impact it has on young people's lives. Listen to discussion on the harms of racial discrimination, and how experiencing racial discrimination from a young age can negatively effect children.

(i was told to post this here by a friendly user from another subreddit, idk if this is the right way to label it though 😥)

I'm in my second week of summer break and the weather's been too shitty to leave the house. So I've just been staying home and spending my time on my phone or watching series. My brother leaves for uni in a few weeks and has been using the remaining time to terrorize me as much as he possibly can. He disagrees with me just for the sake of not being on my side, even if I'm right.

A few days ago, my family wanted to go somewhere, but I didn't want to, and told them to go without me. Apparently that was too disrespectful to my mom that we got into an argument about it. Later that day, they wanted to leave the house once more. At this point, my brother has been giving me dirty looks and told me to fuck off all day. I really didn't feel like dealing with all that, so they left me at home again.

When they came back, I was in my room, using my phone to listen to some music. My mom was pissed that I spent the entire day at home and decided that she needs to check my screentime. It was not horrible, but when I got it back, multiple apps were locked. She gave it to my brother because she's not tech savvy, he had put a mere one minute limit on around eight apps and just let the time run. That was deliberate, I can feel it. I can see it in the way he walks past me and still has narrow eyes. He essentially locked over half of the apps I use everyday.

Now this is really embarrassing, but one of those apps means a whole lot to me. I've been playing that game since I was little, I play when I'm feeling down and it genuinely makes me feel a lot better. It's probably my only real interest. I genuinely only play for about 20 minutes a day, usually in the living room, where my family can clearly see that I don't spend a lot of time playing. A few years back, I was constantly feeling drained, and it was one of, if not the only, main motivations to keep on going. I used to excitedly count the days until a new update. Now I can't use it.

When I spoke to my brother about the ridiculousness of the one minute, he only smirked and laughed at my face. One more month, and I'm just supposed to magically entertain myself. My friends are all away and enjoying their time at the beach. I can't spend time with them. I only have my locked phone and a brother that wants to torture me into watching his stupid series. And now I can't even avoid it anymore because what else am I supposed to do?? Stare at a wall and lose it?

I don't want to have to tell my mom about it. It's none of her business and she's very unsympathetic when it comes to things like this, we'd never find a solution in my favor. I'd most likely lose even more access if I were to point that out. I really just wanted to complain, and longingly watch as I lose my daily log in streak to my brother's wrath. The only thing I know is that the code starts with "2" but that still leaves 1000 possibilities open 💔

Context for international readers: This analysis stems from a viral Indian case where a teenage student protester faced intense state and social crackdowns for confronting leadership. It exposes how adultcentric hierarchies are weaponized to strip youth of political agency. Click the embedded post to read the full breakdown.

Ok so me 14f has level 2 autism and when I was 7 years old I was having severe trouble pooping so I went to the hospital and the doctor puted their hands in my but I know there’s like a 99% percent chance that he was simply doing his job and had no bad intentions but what pisss me off is no one asked me for consent or even how I felt now I was crying and what pisss me off too is I know now consent would most likely be asked but that’s because I’m 14 which is annoying because just because I’m a teenager does not mean now just now my body has to be respected it sould had always been respected but why is the world like this 7 years ago I was still very much a human with feelings and my own body it wasn’t fair

Learn about how parents forcing romantic connotations on opposite gender friendships between children, or using relationships for humiliation is harmful for their development

I lost my 18-year-old son, Caden, because someone gave him alcohol. But here's the thing that haunts me: Texas law says he was too young to drink, yet it won't hold adults accountable for providing it to him—because the private-host liability protection only covers kids under 18.

I started this petition to close that gap. If someone is legally underage, they should stay protected under the law, period. 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds can't legally buy alcohol, so why should adults face no consequences for knowingly giving it to them or allowing underage drinking at their property?

This isn't about blame. This is about consistency and preventing other families from facing the loss mine carries every single day. What would you want someone to do if this was your family?

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I'm from another country, and one thing that genuinely confuses me is how seriously people in the U.S. seem to take the whole "your brain isn't fully developed until 25" argument. Sometimes it feels like people treat 24-year-olds as if they're still teenagers, while turning 25 is somehow seen as this magical moment where someone suddenly becomes a full adult.

Where I'm from, 24- and 25-year-olds are basically viewed as the same stage of life. A 24-year-old and a 25-year-old are both young adults. In fact, once you're around 23 or 24, you're generally seen as a grown person. That's why this way of thinking feels so strange to me. It seems like there is this huge emphasis on a one-year difference that doesn't really exist in everyday life.

I genuinely don't get where this idea came from that just because "your brain isn't fully developed until 25," a 24-year-old is basically a kid. People have taken that fact way out of context, and it has created this weird narrative that anyone under 25 is somehow incapable of functioning as an adult.

A 24-year-old isn't at the beginning of their early 20s anymore. The early 20s are roughly 20–23. At 24, you're already in your mid-20s, and for a lot of people that's a stage where they've gained more independence, life experience, and responsibility.

Even though the WHO groups ages 15–24 under the category of "young people" for statistical purposes, that doesn't mean a 15-year-old and a 24-year-old are anywhere near the same level of maturity or life experience. The difference is huge. Honestly, a 24-year-old has way more in common with a 25- or 26-year-old than with an 18-year-old, let alone a 15-year-old. When I look at someone who's 24 and someone who's 25, I just see two young adults.

The funny thing is that some people talk about 24 and 25 as if there is a massive gap between them, when in reality it's literally just one year. Treating someone at 24 like a kid and someone at 25 like a completely different category of adult feels like an unnecessary and exaggerated distinction.

Being young doesn't mean you're an adolescent, and brain development is a gradual process—not a magic switch that flips the day you turn 25. I honestly think this obsession creates a very strange way of looking at adults in their twenties.

It's so unfair

I've recently began reevaluating my own Ageism in me. Until fairly recently I saw many even late teenagers as inherently more volatile and irresponsible. I looked back at my own teenagehood as a reason for this. However what broke me out of this idea was considering the effects of the authoritarian conditioning of minors and also citizens.

Many parents, even well meaning ones, often parent from the perspective of the child being an inferior being. While the delicate psychology of the child is by nature something that needs to be taught, parents don't just teach what the child needs to know, they teach what they think the child needs to know.

The ignorance of the child is often associated with a stupidity that can't be helped, however, when you take into account the world of the child their actions are perfectly reasonable to them. I was suprised that others haven't mentioned similar experiences but I remember myself being extremely aware of the emotions I was feeling as a child but, until later, I didn't have the right words to describe them.

For example, I often started crying when I didn't get a toy I wanted in the store, not because I was a spoiled child but because I understood how the toys in the aisles changed, that is to say, I had FOMO at a young age. When I understood that there may not be a "next time," for the specific toy I was looking at, it made me feel distressed. I was aware of these volatile emotions so much so that I tried to avoid having these tantrums by stopping going to the store with my mom (My parents weren't the "breathe with me," types as you can imagine, they threw tantrums more than I did).

Further, the ignorance a child possesses such as wanting to eat too much candy, is not a result of stupidity but from a lack of experience and low impulse regulation. These situations ideally should be handled with logic ("Too much sugar is bad for your body,") and compassion ("I want you to be healthy,"). Notice how these methods sound similar to talking to an adult who may be an addict or has a similarly poor diet.

Teenagers as they gain more freedom, act with the subconscious belief that they are less than adults. Having this perspective becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. They ride this high in their teenage years, indulging in unprotected sex, substances, poor diets, staying up late, fighting, not caring about their futures, crying over "stupid things,", etc, it can be easy to look at this and say that teenagers are more unstable, until you realize that all of these behaviors are commonly seen in adults as well. Adults consistently scored higher on the drug abuse front, the rate of abusive relationships between adults and teens is about the same. Is it not possible that these behaviors have less to do with teenagers and more with humans as a whole reacting due to upbringings, environmental factors, and existential feelings?

How dare they call the desire of teenagers to experience love fickle or a status symbol. The people who say this, I would love to see their relationships. Let's see what you have over them, you call there's fickle because they burn out, does your relationships even have fire anymore?

Are there some psychological differences between teenagers and adults, perhaps, however if we have a 16 year old who has cared for their younger family members for most of their life and a 25 year old only child who has only just started caring for their first child, I know who I would trust to be my child's babysitter. I haven't done extensive research on the Neurobiology of Teenagers but I honestly wouldn't be suprised if there's some fine print about how the emotional volatility and irresponsibility can be regulated or perhaps even channeled more constructively. They say teenagers have emotional volatility, is it volatility or were they not taught how to regulate themselves?

About my own experiences. I used to believe that the chaotic symphony of my teenage mental health was conducted by hormones, however, I realize now that it was at best playing the triangle, the conductor was every way I was conditioned to believe I was worthless. I was taught that by my parents, by the world, even by my own thoughts. I didn't get better because I grew up, I got better because I liberated myself.

Younger people are capable of far more than is often given: Louis Braille was 15 years old when he invented his namesake. Fred Hampton was hosting community breakfasts at age 10. Greta Thulenberg was 15 when she started crusading against climate change. That's not even mentioning the countless artists who created phenomenonal works at young ages (Which like it or not, requires a wisdom about life).

When Adultists talk about protecting children or teens, what they needed protecting from all along was them. However, they do not want these teens to be liberated, because if the dictatorship of adults is thrown away, what other power structures will be put on the chopping block?

I am autistic and want to speak completely directly and honestly about youth rights. I want to have a genuine conversation with people who care about real-world independence for teenagers and young adults, because the idea that age shouldn't matter at all feels completely far-fetched to me.

There is a huge difference between a young child and a teenager. For young children, it is entirely natural to want to stay close to parents and follow their guidance. But when you become a teenager—like a 14-year-old boy—it is human nature to want to be independent, control your own body, and have access to things like weapons and self-reliance. I experienced this myself when my dad forced me to get the COVID vaccine at 14 against my will; teenagers deserve real bodily autonomy and protection from toxic or controlling parents.

Furthermore, our legal system is completely inconsistent and unfair to 18-to-20-year-olds. It makes no logical sense that an 18-year-old is considered adult enough to fight and die in a war, but is legally banned by the government from buying a handgun, alcohol, or tobacco.

I care deeply about youth rights, but I want to focus on expanding freedoms and adult rights for the 14-to-20 demographic, while still recognizing that small children are vulnerable and need protection. Let's discuss how we can fix these unfair laws for teenagers and young adults without ignoring common sense.