Recently, my Merriam-Webster daily email Word of the Day delivered infantilize. A word I began using while in prison when I began noticing the effect of the prison's operations.
To infantilize someone is to treat them as though they are an infant—in other words, to treat them as helpless, immature, or as one who lacks adult agency.
// Infantilizing children by shielding them from taking risks can have detrimental effects on their growth and well-being.
Expelling those who have been infantilized into a presumptively adult world creates the carousel of recidivism.
Think about it.
sch 4/7
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