"Society makes different assumptions about and uses different standards for adults and children," contends Joyce Yen Feng. Adults tend to think that young people are not truthful, or can't express themselves, and all those who set norms-parents, teachers, the government-just impose their own ideas on children, without giving kids any opportunities to participate and learn. "Taiwan 'infantilizes' children, and degrades their capabilities.
「大人、小孩在我們的社會中被隔離在不同的介面，」馮燕指出，大人總認為孩子會撒謊、沒有表達能力，舉凡家長、老師、政府等規範制訂者，都以自己的想法加諸在孩子身上，孩子根本沒有參與的空間和學習的機會。