Greetings readers! It's been a while and recently I have been thinking more about the presence of young people in society or perhaps 'lack-of'. Of course, we can all see young people, we walk past them everyday. We see them and our usual response is to shake our heads and say "When we were younger..."
Well the truth is the world has changed a lot from when WE were younger. Now more than ever, young people have become isolated and NOT just by the government by US. We see young people as trouble and increasingly feel like they have nothing to offer society. We seem to forget the fact that young people are a product of the environment they live in. The Riots were ultimately wrong ... but we as a united society need to attempt to understand why they happened. My previous post highlight the words of Martin Luther King Jr who said, "A riot is the language of the unheard" and young people are most certainly 'unheard'.
So what are these problems that young people are experiencing?
- Cuts! Yes, cuts. You may think that young people do not understand what cuts are but they do... In fact, places that are close to their hearts i.e youth centres have been closed down as result of cuts made by local authorities. It is as if people have completely put the needs of young people as well nothing.
- Dispersal Zones... So, where do they go?
- Job prospects
- Tuition Fees
- FAMILY (Yes, we all have family issues but when you are younger it is extremely difficult to deal with, especially when you have nobody to talk to)
Finally, there is a second article that I posted about the benefits of ex-prisoners cutting youth crime. I have to say I agree! We need people who understand the motives of young people, so that we can deal with the root cause. It is pretty simple when you look at the facts... now we just need politicians to LISTEN!
Stay amazing people xoxo
Very true and well addressed as always:)
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