There is also the point that the fact that the adults are writing off the children means that they are less likely to start&#x2F;join a meaningful discussion with them.<p>I have had the joy of meeting and having meaningful and deep (Mostly philosophical) conversations with many young people (Of the age ranges of 6 -&gt; 16), and I haven&#x27;t found them to be in a &#x27;different world&#x27; at all.<p>Perhaps it is lack of control of environments, and lack of adults that treat them like <i>actual people</i>, that produces children that are marginalized and &#x27;in a different world&#x27;?