Quotes About Infantilized

Actors are almost conditioned to get their director's approval. 'I just did my song and dance, boss. What did you think?' Actors are infantilized so much.

Each year, news stories reveal the neglect and abuse that goes on behind closed doors - because to be a professional carer is a woefully undervalued and underpaid occupation, and if someone can't remember they can't tell tales; and because as a culture we have infantilized and even dehumanized the old, frail and cognitively impaired.