Maybe, but at the point you are saying a majority of legal adults are just grown children, maybe your definition of adult is too narrow.
Especially because I know people who are the kind of jerk who believes that you are disrespecting them by not allowing them to disrespect you who otherwise have "adulting" skills. They have steady jobs, always pay their rent/mortgage, put food on the table, take their cars in for regular scheduled maintenance, ect.
Also, not only is reffing to these adults as children disrespectful to them, it's also a borderline toxic idea. Because what you are saying is "These people are not mature enough to be taken seriously " which is not a good approach to helping them improve, and moreover is hurtful to actual children. Because it is easy to assume if someone is a child, they are not mature enough to be taken seriously. Especially when childish is such a negative word.
"Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person” and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority”
And sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “if you won’t respect me I won’t respect you” and they mean “if you won’t treat me like an authority I won’t treat you like a person”
And they think they’re being fair but they aren’t, and it’s not okay."
Especially because I know people who are the kind of jerk who believes that you are disrespecting them by not allowing them to disrespect you who otherwise have "adulting" skills. They have steady jobs, always pay their rent/mortgage, put food on the table, take their cars in for regular scheduled maintenance, ect.
Also, not only is reffing to these adults as children disrespectful to them, it's also a borderline toxic idea. Because what you are saying is "These people are not mature enough to be taken seriously " which is not a good approach to helping them improve, and moreover is hurtful to actual children. Because it is easy to assume if someone is a child, they are not mature enough to be taken seriously. Especially when childish is such a negative word.
"Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person” and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority”
And sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “if you won’t respect me I won’t respect you” and they mean “if you won’t treat me like an authority I won’t treat you like a person”
And they think they’re being fair but they aren’t, and it’s not okay."