Childhood

form of human trafficking

beauty contest featuring children as contestants

advertising aimed at children

event in the United States

thumb|A pre-kindergarten playground

Childism in its original sense is the equivalent of racism. It can also refer to advocating for empowering children as a subjugated group, to discrimination against children or, less frequently, to childlike or childish qualities. It can operate as a positive term for a movement, akin to feminism, or as a critical term for prejudice and discrimination against children, akin to racism. It may be connected with critical theories like feminism, decolonialism and environmentalism, ageism, adultism and patriarchy.

Experience of places in children's lives

act of separation of children from their parents