It’s a long, complex issue, that you could research further, but off the top of my head: children’s autonomy is **hotly** controversial, and laughable to many; they are totally at the mercy of their parents (essentially pet owners); their intelligence is discredited by virtue of being children; there’s a whole culture around bitching about “children” as a group being annoying, making off-colour (or downright horrific) jokes about hating them, calling them crotch-goblins, etc.; they’re completely vulnerable to abuse and are constantly taken advantage of and groomed to feel adults are their betters and that they aren’t enough of a person to be afforded respect about their bodies and personal business; the list goes on