There is much media coverage (rightly) of the sexual and physical abuse of children. But, there is very little focus in popular media on the soft abuse children suffer at a hands of adults.

Think about it we always cheer sporting heroes from our couches, but if children in our neighbourhood play, many adults stop them, abuse them, confiscate balls and generally harass them. And kids, who generally do not understand their rights, accept it, because they are taught to ‘obey your elders’.