Preliminary Adultification of Black Children Research
Traditionally, the law has reflected a social consensus that children's best interests are synonymous with those of their parents, except under the few circumstances where the state is authorized to intervene in family life under. doctrine of parens patriae.
How the adultification of Black children in school combined with implicit and explicit bias from teachers lowers their ability to have mentorship and leadership opportunities
Children are constitutionally different from adults for purposes of sentencing, and because juveniles have diminished culpability and greater prospects for reform, they are less deserving of the most severe punishments