Youth Bashing Gets Old

Autor/in	Ferguson, Christopher J.
Titel	Youth Bashing Gets Old
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 54 (2008) 48, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Pregnancy; Sexuality; Youth; Violence; Cultural Influences; Popular Culture; At Risk Persons; Substance Abuse; Early Parenthood; Adolescents; Well Being; Social Indicators; Racial Differences; Gender Differences; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schwangerschaft; Sexualität; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Gewalt; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Popkultur; Risikogruppe; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Rassenunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; USA
Abstract	A perennial talking point of politicians and scientists, since the time of the Greeks, is to lament how American youth are sliding into moral decrepitude, lawlessness, and poor mental health. Indeed, to hear some observers talk, particularly in this election year, young people in the United States are being battered by a coarsened culture that celebrates violence and irresponsible sexuality, placing them at greater risk than ever before of a wide variety of social maladies. Though compelling, this narrative of decline is false. In this article, the author contends that according to several significant indicators, today's youth are actually faring much better than did other recent generations: They are less violent, less suicidal, less likely to use drugs and alcohol, and less likely to experience teen pregnancy (despite a small increase in teen pregnancies in 2006, they remain much lower than in 1991). (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10