The Consequences Of Youth

Curfew advocates may argue that it is important to monitor your child and have them follow a strict schedule, but due to a teen’s rapidly changing day it is almost impossible to determine an accurate schedule that a teen can follow on a strict basis. Between athletics, homework, work, and the necessary social activities an average student participates in,

The Minneapolis Public Schools’ (MPS) has operated a highly successful afterschool program for years. Over the last 15 years, the funding for the program has declined precipitously. Limited funds have made it challenging for MPS to keep the program staffed with teachers, relying on an inconsistent flow of volunteers instead. The afterschool program is an invaluable resource in the effort to reduce youth violence. Instead of unsupervised and unstructured time, the program keeps youth focused on completing homework, developing skills, exposes them to mentors, and allows parents to rest assured that their children are safe while they are still at

Children spend less than 20 percent of their time in school. What happens in the other 80 percent of their time is crucial to their development. According to the article (After-School Programs Alter Lives of At-Risk youth pg.1) "When left unsupervised, children are most at risk between 3 and 6 pm". It is during these hours that children come home to an empty unsupervised home. According to the article, it is during these hours that children are more likely to "commit or be victimized by crime; to smoke, drink or use drugs; to engage in premature sexual activity; or to get involved in gang-related activities". With the rising and unaffordable costs of after school day care, it's obvious that the number of children being put at risk is on the rise, especially children who come from low socioeconomic households. Simply put, we need more funding for after school day care programs to ensure that the number of at risk children decreases. It is what these children do after school between the hours of 3 to 6 pm that affects their educational as well as their societal outcomes. According to this article "Children who participate in after school programs show improvement in standardized test scores and decreased absenteeism and tardiness". We need to reach the children who come from low socioeconomic households and ensure them a fair chance in participating in after-school day care programs. From reading this article it is clear that children

Starting school later in the day would allow teenagers to get an extra hour of sleep, which can be more important than most realize. Due to a delayed chemical release in the brain, most teenagers find it difficult to fall asleep before 11 p.m. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has discovered that by starting schools later, teens could “get an additional hour of sleep per night. . . [which] may even improve students' performance in school”(LA Times 1). This shows that an extra hour of sleep can make a huge difference in terms of the impact on a student's’ academics. Although “later start times could create scheduling problems,” many schools have a policy of “school first, then sports” meaning that doing schoolwork is more important that extracurricular sports (LA Times 1). If schools stay true to this, then there should not be much of an issue, if any, between sports and schoolwork schedules. These reasons provide substantial evidence that starting schools later would only benefit

253). The program that Gottfredson et al. evaluated was the Maryland’s After School Community Grant Program (MASCGP). “Fourteen programs participated in the outcome evaluation of this initiative during the 1999-2000 school year” (Gottfredson et al., 2004, p. 256). The aim of this study was to reduce “unsupervised time during the after school hours,” discourage positive “attitudes towards substance use and illegal behavior,” limit peer negative influence, promote academic performance, and improve social skills (Gottfredson et al., 2004, p. 256). Every program “offered academic assistance, social skills training and recreational or enrichment activities aimed at retaining the youths in the program” (Gottefredson et al., 2004, p. 256). Some of the programs even offer special activities including, sailing, entrepreneurship, soccer, and karate. Participants filled out a “special version of the What About You? Survey at the beginning and end of the school year” to measure students’ delinquent behavior, rebellious behavior, drug tendencies, involvement in constructive activities, social skills, positive peer association, and peer drug models (Gottefredson et al., 2004, p.

Not only do they provide a safe place for children after school, they help to establish a key role in a child’s social and emotional development. Children who are involved in after school programs generally show an increase of enjoyment in academics, and have lower rates in disciplinary actions against them in relation to their peers who are not involved in after school programs. These types of programs allow for a child to establish a “home away from home”, where they grow socially and emotionally with others within and around their age groups. So, as you can see, there is a need for SED/SECL based after school programs. As a result, children and adults alike benefit from programs like those already established, and allows for there to be a connection between those who are in the program and those who lead the program. Seeing as there is an increase in the number of these types of programs, if this number were to continue to increase, then the numbers of children and families who are socially and emotionally competent in society would also increase as

Kids are also at the highest risk of becoming a victim of violence after school, particularly between the hours of 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. The highest amount of juvenile crime occurs between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., the hour after most children are dismissed from school (Hulton, 2016). Keeping our youth safe is the number one priority as adults. The NYVPRC defines after-school programs as safe, structured activities that convene on a regular basis in the after-school hours and offer children opportunities to learn new skills. The skills students learn can range from technology and math to reading and art. Some programs also offer opportunities for internships, community service, or mentoring.

Youth today face significantly more educational, social, psychological and physical challenges than the youth of the past. The teen age years can be the most difficult and perhaps the most crucial period in a person’s life. In these years, we begin to build a self concept and self identity that will carry us throughout the rest of our lives. Society and media places a heavy expectation on youth ranging from how they are too look and dress to the increasingly extensive levels of education needed just to get a decent job. Furthermore, the stigmas placed on todays youth as lazy, disrespectful, spoiled and egocentric make it difficult to meet these social standards. Thus, many teens do not know where to turn for support. Youth drug use, both recreational and prescription, has become an epidemic in Canada. Between curiosity, availability and peer pressure, young people are left vulnerable. Social influences among peer groups, within school systems and in the community, make drug use seem almost expected, and this expectation can have dire costs for those who do not have the executive functioning to understand the consequences of there actions. Drug use can have physical, psychology, developmental and social consequence which all contribute to the overall development of an individual. There are many risk factors, both proximal and distal, that aid in the increasing use of drugs among youth. But at the same time there are many protective factors that can be implemented within the

“ They are suspending little Steven for three days, and he isn’t allowed to come back to class until we have a meeting with the principal,” said one of my coworkers in a conversation about the ongoing issues concerning her five-year-old son and his school. Steven is a five-year-old African-American boy in kindergarten who has been disciplined and suspended for disruptive and aggressive behavior. This particular incident, Steven allegedly kicked another student (who is White) in the eye after he said the student bit him on the back. Neither the teacher nor principal investigated his claim of the other student biting him, and that student did not receive any disciplinary actions. The school instead called my coworker and informed her of Steven 's suspension for assaulting another student.

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The abuse and exploitation of youth, is not, in any way, a new concept in the world that we live in, however it is extremely misrepresented. Authors, Karen Countryman-Roswurm, assistant professor and director of the Center for Combating Human Trafficking, and Brien Bolin, professor and director of the School of Social Work, are PhD-holding alumni of Wichita State University and have offered insight on the topic of human trafficking, ranging from its causation, misrepresentation and its effect on youth. Human trafficking, which “involves the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person under the age of 18 for the purposes of a commercial sex act,” is also called Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking,

Music has many different effects and purposes. It has the ability to achieve the ultimate sociate the words and phrases with different aspects of my own life. With this specific songgoal of art: to make you feel something. When I listen to a song with a message I can relate to, I often listen intently, analyzing each lyric in order to as, “Youth” by Troye Sivan, the message relates to certain aspects of my life. As I can relate to the subject of youth, and what it entails. I have always believed that being young is about taking risks and not being afraid to make mistakes. “Youth” uses symbolism in its lyrics to depict this idea, explaining that I shouldn't be afraid of making mistakes in my youth because it will not only make lasting

For most of the population of the world, childhood is filled with countless invaluable memories. There are ordinary events such as attending numerous friends birthday parties or hoping for as many snow days as possible. One may remember specific memories, in particular attending a local carnival or the day they received their favorite stuffed animal. For a smaller portion of the population, childhood is tainted by memories of an emotionally and/or physically abusive parent. As troubling as those memories can be, experience in dealing with such adversity might be useful as one venture into adulthood.

It shows that 80% of the population is unemployed. According to this report, women make up 55% out of this, while the remaining 25% are men. Only 20% work in government and private sectors. Despite the dimension of the problem, the government did nothing tangible to tackle the problem positively. In addition, the report presented in detail about youth exodus and risks involving death in the high seas, while they are seeking for jobs and better life in every corner of the world.

The idea that some of the youth in our nation are spending their formative years in confinement, and not obtaining a degree from harvard is detestable. These youth, who are spending a major part of their life in solitary, could potentially find the stepping stone needed to find a cure for cancer or find the antibody that could fight HIV/AIDS. One young lady from Michigan, currently living in solitary, tells her thoughts: