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Kidults are all around youAn older boss was correcting a younger female employee. “There is no P in ‘hamster’,” said the boss. But “that’s how I spell it,” the 20-something objected. The boss suggested they consult a dictionary. The employee called her mother, put her on speakerphone and tearfully insisted that she tell her boss not to be so mean. It is an arresting vignette. The tearful employee appears to have imbibed the notion of “my truth”, a popular phrase intended to rationalise the speaker’s beliefs and shield them from criticism based on facts. You may say that 1+1=2,...

I'm a grandma-I'm fed up-so listen up. It's past time for adults who mouth concerns about the well-being of children to grow a spine and take on their "kidult" counterparts who use children like disposable goods for profit, political advantage and perverse gratification. Kidults are those whose age allows them to engage in adult activity but who've failed to advance from adolescent obsession with all things sexual. Kidults aren't content to confine their obsessions to a private kidult playpen with other kidults. Many are playing in front of kids and many others are using them in a host of...