Details

Kids These Days

Facts and Fictions About Today's Youth

von: Karen Sternheimer
44,99 €
Verlag:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	23.05.2006
ISBN/EAN:	9781461638513
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	176

In den Warenkorb

Als Gutschein

DRM-geschütztes eBook, Sie benötigen z.B. Adobe Digital Editions und eine Adobe ID zum Lesen.

Beschreibungen

Titelbeschreibung

Kids snatched from their bedrooms, shot at in school, fatter than ever, prone to risk-taking and cruelty_is childhood today as bad as the news accounts would have us believe? Is this generation headed for disaster? Kids These Days: Facts and Fictions About Today's Youth critically examines the hottest news stories of the past few years to assess whether the news is really as bad as it sounds. For instance, is kidnapping by strangers really a bigger threat now than in the past? Are disputes at school now settled with guns instead of fists? And are kids, especially girls, becoming bigger bullies than ever before? Kids These Days looks at the stories that made headlines and goes deeper to explore overall trends and statistics to compare the hype to reality. The truth is, kids today do face unique obstacles and challenges, but their situation isn't nearly as dire as the compelling news accounts would have us believe. Our nation's youth have been targeted as a problem population to absolve adult responsibility for creating the often dangerous and difficult conditions many young people must endure. Kids These Days will give the reader pause and perspective to better understand the realities of the first generation to come of age in the twenty-first century.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

This book focuses on early childhood to late teen issues like kidnapping and child safety, childhood obesity, school safety and zero tolerance policies, teen drivers, hazing, bullying and risk-taking behavior. Fear of and fear for youth is a rite of passage, a common lament that comes with change. Young people both represent and must deal with the consequences of these fluctuations, and are actually often better behaved than their predecessors.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction: Kids These Days
 Chapter 2 Kidnapped! Childhood Stolen
 Chapter 3 Greedy Gluttons: Childhood Indulged
 Chapter 4 School House Shock: Zero Tolerance and the Scary School Myth
 Chapter 5 Hazed and Confused: Mean Kids
 Chapter 6 Jackasses and Copycats: X-treme Behavior
 Chapter 7 Hell on Wheels: Teen Drivers
 Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Business of Youth Phobia: Fear Sells

Autorenportrait

Karen Sternheimer teaches in the sociology department at the University of Southern California. She is the author of It's Not the Media: The Truth About Pop Culture's Influence on Kids.