Minor In The Younger Generation

A minor, a term used most often to refer to, the younger generation. Everybody has been, or will be a minor during their life time. I am a “minor” and just like every other young individual, we want to be seen as equal individuals to adults. Calling a person, a minor is segregation because it separates the population wrongly based on opinions. Minor, a term that means “lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.” However, many people misuse this term when they talk about “minor’s” or “a person under the age of full legal responsibility.” It is true that minors can be individuals that are younger in age, however, people use the term of lesser importance to refer to the younger generation as well. This is segregation, or “the action or state of setting someone or something apart from

The false use of minor, is misused too often. When generations use the wrong type of “minor,” it gives the younger generation a false label. Younger individuals who are responsible receive a bad reputation, all based on what the population believes a minor is, due to of the false use of “minor”. The younger generation should not have a bad reputation based on incorrect use of words. My generation depends on trust from other generations, however, with these misrepresentations the young generation will not be able to gain trust from the older generations. The connections need to be rebuilt between generations. Psychology Today says, Child development is when time is spent interacting with others who are older than themselves. And “Age mixing, allows younger people to engage and learn from older aged-mates.” The age mixing isn’t just true with young children, it is true in the work force as well. When a responsible young individual joins the work force, they want to learn, but the older more experienced will not work with the “minor’s” due to the false understanding that a minor is lazy, childish, and doesn’t have a work