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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Oct 1, 2008
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There are murmurs out there about the lack of Youth Rights theory * * . I want to address that directly. I believe there is a misconception about what theory actually is, what it does, and who makes it. Let me begin with an explanation of what Youth Rights theory needs to be: Youth Rights...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Sep 5, 2008
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The institutions, culture and public policy that drive our society needs to be transformed so that adults and young people share roles more equitably within government, communities, workplaces, and families. With that assumption firmly intact, the development of new cultural and structural...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: May 25, 2008
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Here's some interesting news items as I get ready to come back from my late spring hiatus. "Kids from higher income households just aren’t going into the labor market. They’re looking for things to put on résumés, and working at Dairy Queen or Wal-Mart just isn’t going to help you get...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Apr 5, 2008
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In 2000 I was working as the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction 's Youth Ambassador position where I was responsible for coordinating the statewide essay contest for K-12 students focused on the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I also met Sasha...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Mar 22, 2008
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The United States is a backwards democracy. Rather than distributing the power to all of its citizens, it throws it into the hands of the few. Instead of bringing opportunities to the under-resourced, it lavishes chances upon those who already have access. In this post, I am concerned most with...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Feb 28, 2008
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Youth workers and teachers are often guilty of the same thing: They call on the kids who raise their hands. You know who I'm talking about, because just like me you've done it before. She's the bright and articulate leader who knows the answer. He's the quick and deft analyzer of information who...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Feb 18, 2008
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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most popularly accepted legal instrument affecting youth voice and involvement in the world today. Two countries haven't ratified it: Somalia and the United States. Great company. Of course, the Campaign for US Ratification 's...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Feb 14, 2008
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"Protection is never neutral, disinterested or without negative consequences. Sheltering children from the work world has made them totally financially dependent on parents. The daily regime in school reproduces factory discipline. Their bodies, their time and their intellects are monitored by...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Jan 22, 2008
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Once a youth advocate understands the reality that segregating youth is an injustice unto its own, they have a responsibility to undo that damage. They have a responsibility to integrate youth. For too long that notion of integration has been limited to simplistic notions about youth...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Jan 21, 2008
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The underlying assumption behind all youth involvement programs is that youth are segregated. American society has relied on the ongoing and consistent alienation, isolation and institutionalization of young people for more than 10 decades now, only to the detriment of families, communities, and...... [view]
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Posted By: freechild
Posted On: Dec 27, 2007
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Young people must be included from birth. A society that cuts itself off from its youth severs its lifeline. - Kofi Anan Today I am reeling from an article written by Paula Reid , a member of The Students Commission in Canada. For more than 25 years the Commission and their magazine,...... [view]
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