“Childlike”, “Teenagey”, “Something a kid would do”…these are the best examples behind the meaning and purpose of redefining the meaning of children. What youth represent will define who they become and in this period of time they become anxious, achievement-driven, drained, lost individuals that in order to help them, ironically, we need them find their childhood ambitions. Adults are children literally and figuratively and if a significant portion of the population gave way to their childhood hopes and longings “something a kid would do” brings on an entirely different meaning. One of praise, and bravery, and wholeheartedness, and real passion for what’s true to the individual. Not a phrase that belittles another human being for acting outside of this wretched default mindset we call reality or consumerism, or materialism, or frankly the American dream.
If we work to stop the stereotype of being a child at the beginning, then we won’t be able to reenforce it in the future and lo and behold the cycle breaks. Imagine! A shaving off of eighteen years of closed minded bullshit and parental/societal proving that usually sets the foundation for another twenty years of spiteful and hopeful life decisions (hope in this context is negative in connotation). Seems like an enormous waste of almost forty years of precious life when that energy and potential can move mountains.
This is not about changing the condition of children, but the status of children.
A new definition of a human regardless of age and size. Seen and heard as multidimensional beings.