ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that Modan uses the cultural differences between traditional English decorum and Israeli nonformal manners to illustrate the clash and inequality between adults and children and to suggest a solution. The focus is mostly on children as "minors within minorities". When the norms and the laws of a majority culture regarding minors clash with the norms and the laws of a minority culture. Articles by prominent scholars such as Michael Freeman and Rob Reich demonstrate that studies on multiculturalism and children usually adopt the paternalistic perspective of an adult world, which recognizes adults' responsibility to support, protect and educate children. The idea that a child's perspective has a substantial intrinsic value that can affect the world and life of adults is an issue haven't yet come across in a theoretical political discourse concerning multiculturalism.
