Reflections on Adultism by Manijeh Mahmoodzadeh https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism en-us 2020-08-31 04:17:09 UTC 2026-03-16 01:14:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/270a.png Boundaries with Elders https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709672515 When do my elders start respecting me? How do I set boundaries? 

Some ways my elders have done to raise me were not the best. Reworking that. ]]> 2020-08-31 18:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709672515 Adult Expectations but not Adult Agency https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709676585 2020-08-31 18:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709676585 Becoming an adult; no choice https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709677647 What does it mean to be an adult?
Had to grow up faster. 
Being questioned.
They want me to be an adult but yet you question or don't let me be one. ]]> 2020-08-31 18:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709677647 I think about the juxtaposition of increase freedom of identity exploration but also the increase of disciplinary and instructive environments. https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709680703 2020-08-31 18:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709680703 expectations https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709681325 adult responsibilities but no adult privileges ]]> 2020-08-31 18:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709681325 manijeh https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709683676 2020-08-31 18:12:56 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709683676 Looking "young" not matter how old I am. The negative impact of "black don't crack". https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709684869 As a result, I always wonder, do I offer enough as a "young-looking-person" even when I know I am]]> 2020-08-31 18:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709684869 adults want me to be what they wished they could be... imposing their own beliefs onto me https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709685035 No agency... ]]> 2020-08-31 18:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709685035 https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709688053 How to respect elders who normally haven’t respected me. ]]> 2020-08-31 18:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709688053 What does it mean to be an adult? https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709689562 Taking on adult responsibility.
Oldest daughter comes with expectations. 
Gender expectations. 
legally expectations v. family dynamic expectation.]]> 2020-08-31 18:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709689562 Feels like cloning https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709689775 2020-08-31 18:14:47 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709689775 UNDER MY ROOF https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709694862 Not living with parents allows for freedom. 

PARENTS GUILT TRIPPING YOU FOR PROVIDING FOR YOU BUT THAT IS THEIR JOB. YOU SUPPOSED TO FEED ME AND LET ME LIVE WITH YOU...]]> 2020-08-31 18:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709694862 https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709696486 2020-08-31 18:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709696486 https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709697039 Young girls sometimes  have more expected of them and have more responsibility than their male counterparts ]]> 2020-08-31 18:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709697039 I LOVE YOU BETTER AT A DISTANCE https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709704624 2020-08-31 18:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709704624 I think about how not to translate this to the next generation. For my future kids or whoever, I don't want them to experience or be told the same things I am still dealing with. https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709706481 2020-08-31 18:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709706481 being told that you are too young to be tired https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709712258 2020-08-31 18:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709712258 "But what will the aunties/uncles think?" manijeh https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709712430 Privileging other adults criticism over my needs]]> 2020-08-31 18:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709712430 I think about how adults sometimes treat every kid like their own, like they can demand things of every young person just because they're young, even if they don't know them. https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709712973 2020-08-31 18:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709712973 Old and stuck in your ways https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709714161 2020-08-31 18:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709714161 you're too young to have experienced "hard times" https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709715436 2020-08-31 18:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709715436 https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709715785 Very condescending]]> 2020-08-31 18:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709715785 "What will people think?" https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709716175 girl bye. WHAT ABOUT ME!!!?

]]> 2020-08-31 18:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709716175 Dealing with invalidity of feelings, experiences, hard work, efforts, etc. https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709716222 2020-08-31 18:21:59 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709716222 Adultism in School & Home https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709719482 How do we combat adultism when i]]> 2020-08-31 18:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709719482 ***when you are 23 https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709721282 2020-08-31 18:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/manijeh/adultism/wish/709721282