Youth

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See also: List of youth topics

Youth is defined by Webster's New World Dictionary as, "The time of life when one is young; especially: a: the period between childhood and maturity b: the early period of existence, growth, or development."^[1]

Contents 1 Usage 2 Age limits 3 See also 3.1 Youth-focused organizations 3.2 Historical youth-related articles 3.3 List of youth-related publications 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Usage

Around the world the terms "youth", "adolescent", "teenager", and "young person" are interchanged, often meaning the same thing, occassionaly differentiated. Youth generally refers to a time of life that is neither childhood nor adulthood, but rather, somewhere in-between.

Youth also identifies a particular mindset of attitude, as in "He is very youthful". The term youth is also related to being young.

"This world demands the qualities of youth: not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease." - Robert Kennedy

Youth is an alternative word to the scientifically-oriented adolescent and the common American terms of teen and teenager. Another common title for youth is young person or young people.

"The majority of men use the first part of life to make the rest of it miserable. Young men, due to a mistaken idea of false manhood, are accustomed to falling into the arms of whores. The excesses of youth are drafts drawn against old age payable in thirty years time with very high interest. Without Fundamental Education, youth becomes a continual intoxication; it is the fever of error, liquor and animal passion." - Samael Aun Weor^[2]

[edit] Age limits

The age in which a person is considered a "youth," and thus eligible for special treatment under the law and throughout society varies around the world.

• "Youth... those persons falling between the ages of 15 and 24 years inclusive." - United Nations General Assembly^[3]
• "Time in a person's life between childhood and adulthood. The term "youth" in general refers to those who are between the ages of 15 to 25." - WorldBank^[4]
• "A person... under 21 years of age." - US Government^[5]
• "People between the ages of 12 and 25." - Tasmanian Government^[6]

[edit] See also

Youthfulness Youth voice Youth work Youth mentoring Youth culture Youth subculture Youth organization Youth organizations Youth program Youth/adult partnerships Youth participation Youth activism Youth rights Youth vote Youth movement Youth leadership Youth organization Student voice List of generations Generation gap

Adultism Ephebiphobia Pedophobia Adultcentrism Evolving capacities Youth development Youth empowerment Community youth development Positive youth development Youth politics Student activism Youth service Youth-led media Youth conferences Youth literature Youth club Youth council Global/National Youth Service Day Convention on the Rights of the Child

[edit] Youth-focused organizations

CommonAction Youth Assisting Youth Youth for Equality The Freechild Project National Youth Rights Association Youth Service America National Youth Leadership Council Youth On Board Youth Activism Project Generation YES National Service Learning Partnership Learn and Serve America Peacefire Students for Sensible Drug Policy ASFAR Article 12

Taking Children Seriously Global Youth Action Network European Youth Forum SDLP Youth Hip-Hop Association World Scout Committee Not Back to School Camp Youth model governments Young Religious Unitarian Universalists Youth wings of Green parties in Europe European Free Alliance Youth Socialist Youth Radical Youth Green Youth Hakfar Hayarok Youth Radio

[edit] Historical youth-related articles

• American Youth Congress
• Students for a Democratic Society
• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
• Youth Liberation of Ann Arbor
• National Youth Administration
• National Commission on Resources for Youth
• The Newsboys Strike
• Company of Young Canadians
• Liberal Religious Youth

[edit] List of youth-related publications

• The Teenage Liberation Handbook
• Escape From Childhood
• Bomb The Suburbs
• Port Huron Statement
• Pedagogy of the Oppressed
• Framing Youth
• Youth: The 26% Solution
• The Abandoned Generation
• New Games Book
• Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies

[edit] See also

• Adolescent

[edit] References

1. ^ (2004) Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition.
2. ^ Samael Aun Weor (1970). Fundamental Education, Chapter 26 Youth.
3. ^ (n.d.) Frequently Asked Questions Youth at the UN website.
4. ^ (n.d.) Glossary] WorldBank website.
5. ^ (n.d.) Research on Age of Drivers National Highway Transportation and Safety Board website
6. ^ (n.d.) Tasmania Together GlossaryAustralian Government website.