Talk:childism

Alternative uses of the word "childism" can be found in Peter Hunt (1991, 191), meaning to “invite adults to read as children”; and John Wall (2007 and 2010, 3), meaning "the effort to respond to the experiences of children by transforming understanding and practices for all." It is unfortunate that Young-Bruehl's relatively more recent definition is prioritized in Wiktionary's definition, as it assumes a victim status for children instead of an agentic one.

Hunt, Peter. 1991. Criticism, Theory, and Children’s Literature. Cambridge, MA: Basic Blackwell. Wall, John. 2007. “Fatherhood, Childism, and the Creation of Society,” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 75.1:52-76. Wall, John. 2010. Ethics in Light of Childhood. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.

RFV discussion: November–December 2018
Rfv-senses: 1. Reading literature from the perspective of children 2. Responding to children's particular lived experiences

There are no actual citations, only "references" to books which use the term according to the author's own definition. I view such references as mentions, though others may disagree.

There are two other senses, one of which had a citation which was deleted when three other senses were added (today). I think I can get cites from Google News for those two senses, which are, more or less, "prejudice against children" and "advocacy for children". Childism was deleted. No OneLook reference has anything related to our definitions. DCDuring (talk) 22:47, 7 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I have cited The second sense, but can only find the one book for the first. Kiwima (talk) 19:58, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Second sense passes. The first does not look promising, but we will let it wait out its month. Kiwima (talk) 20:32, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Looks good. The sense you added was one I'd forgotten about and hadn't noticed in use in my review of childism citations. DCDuring (talk) 01:04, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

RFV-resolved The second sense passed, the first failed. Kiwima (talk) 20:42, 6 December 2018 (UTC)