There is also the point that the fact that the adults are writing off the children means that they are less likely to start/join a meaningful discussion with th

There is also the point that the fact that the adults are writing off the children means that they are less likely to start/join a meaningful discussion with them. 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 -> 16), and I haven't found them to be in a 'different world' at all. Perhaps it is lack of control of environments, and lack of adults that treat them like actual people, that produces children that are marginalized and 'in a different world'?