Youth Today
Guest Opinion Essay
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The Skill of Teaching Life Skills
Imparting life skills is a primary goal of youth programs around the world. So why do we know so little about what...
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Youth Facts vs. Writer’s Fiction
In his writings for Youth Today and other media outlets, Mike Males has taken on a laudable mission: combating erroneous stereotypes of...
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Agencies Worth Saving
Don Mathis, CEOCommunity Action PartnershipWashington, D.C. Thank you for John Kelly’s "Youth Work Snapshot" on the TRI-CAP Teen Wellness Centers in Jasper,...
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Gadfly Creates Loud Buzz
Richard Wexler is a little like The Flash, the iconic comic book hero who moves at lightning speed. He swiftly takes on...
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Extending Learning: Will We Ever Get It Right?
I had a few hours to read, so I pulled out the folder into which I cram all the things that catch...
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Youth Development and the Creative Life
Beauty is the only thing that can save the world. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky Many policymakers seem to think that all good things...
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The New Black-on-Black Racism
When it comes to slurring young African-Americans as promiscuous, violent, and stupid, influential African-American leaders and commentators make radio clown Don Imus...
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Not Déjà Vu All Over Again
A smart person once observed that opportunity resides at the intersection of need and capacity. I thought of this adage recently as...
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Ready = Ready = Ready
The month of May produced yet another study showing that the skills young people need to be ready for life beyond high...
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Anatomy of a Win for Foster Kids
The first time I set foot in my present place of employment – Spectrum Youth and Family Services in Burlington, Vt. –...
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Sharing Global Lessons In Youth Work
Here at Brandeis University, I teach a graduate course on national and international youth policies. My students range from youth workers at...
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The Youth “Mental Health Crisis” Hoax
In the United States, “action” consists not of taking constructive measures to fix a troubling social problem, but designating a powerless scapegoat...
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Help Your Youth Workers Succeed
What do your youth workers need to succeed? Search Institute and the National Collaboration for Youth recently surveyed more than 1,000 youth...
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The Ugly Reality of Restraints
As a one-time youth worker who worked with youth in an adjudicated residential setting in southern Michigan, I am dismayed by the...
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The Child Welfare/Juvenile Justice Link
Your article in the April issue, “A Swift Kick in the Pants,” described chronic sexual molestation of boys in a Texas juvenile...
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Youth Behave Well; Now What?
I was very pleased to see John Kelly’s “Youth Crime Mystery” article in the March issue. We see too few critical and...
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Make Sure Children’s Cabinets Matter
All of a sudden, it seems, time is on everyone’s mind. In New York state, for example, the governor is challenging schools...
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Time to Consider
In late March, the Rhode Island Foster Parents Association staged call-ins to the legislature to oppose budget cuts for youth services in...
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Real Life About Youth — on TV?
The MTV network – which relentlessly runs stories about Britney Spear’s meltdown and shaved head – may surprise you with its reality...
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Goodbye, “The O.C.”
Yes, it was two-thirds yuppie soap, but Fox television’s “The O.C.” illustrated a slice of teenage life with an irony that’s refreshing...
