Thread: Recurring thoughts on age and building movement.
One of the things I constantly run into (in anarchist circles, particularly as a school abolitionist, and in reading history) is discussion of age.
Unfortunately, there are still far too many people who are skeptical of Youth Liberation (many often misrepresent it as "ignoring the needs of growing children" rather than a more accurate understanding of it being "caring for children while acknowledging their agency and autonomy").
There are still far too many people sharing the ideals of "it's creepy if children talk to any adults except these few" (implying that all adults except those have bad motives, which harms our understanding of predators and predatory relationships) or "children *must* be in school because they won't learn in any other way" (neglecting what we know about how people learn). And they do this without even pausing to consider the ramifications.
But another often overlooked thing? Is the lack of being able to pass down and build upon a shared movement.
Thread: Recurring thoughts on age and building movement.
@whatanerd I like the 3rd paragraph here, I find within some free software groups that age hardly plays in to the conversation, in that anyone can contribute equally to a project.
I also agree about out of school learning, children thrive if given the right tools to learn a safe and suitable place to learn (which varies depending on subject I guess) and exposure to a wide range of experiences to enhance learning.
