Unfortunately teenagers in this country have a bad reputation. How many times have you heard parents say they dread the teenage years? They look upon it as a time fraught with trouble. No matter how much we treasure our own children, when we think of teenagers as a group, our thoughts turn to those who […]
Youth at Risk
It is not news to the youth-serving community that something new is afoot regarding how we think about and work with youth. Well known is the stir on the national level: President Bush’s YES initiative; numerous pieces of congressional legislation whose proposals range from school-based programs through conservation and urban corps to mandated national service. […]
Youth as Resources
That’s More Than a Hopeful Notion It’s the Premise for a Successful Program Youth As Resources, That Gives Young People a Real Stake in Their Communities. Society seems not to pay much attention to adolescents until they cross a pathological line into violent crime, teenage pregnancy, psychiatric distress, running away or attempting suicide. Then we […]
Violence, Youth and a Way Out
It is a convictions shared by those who care for young people and their families that violence among youth has reached intolerable levels and that a response is demanded. The homicide statistics are chilling: In 1986, four to five people under age 18 were murdered per day, 10 percent more than in 1985. Equally chilling, […]
