Title: WHAT ARE YOUTH RIGHTS? - NYRA
Headings: WHAT ARE YOUTH RIGHTS?
WHAT ARE YOUTH RIGHTS?
Young people are denied basic human and civil rights.
Young people are at the mercy of parents and older people.
Young people are held to a double standard of behavior.
Young people are subject to false negative stereotypes.
Young people are treated as incapable, even when quite capable.
Young people are segregated from older society.
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Content: “Too emotional,” but also “apathetic and jaded.” “Too idealistic,” but also “unambitious.” “Lazy” but also “hyperactive.” “Stupid” but also “full of wisecracks.” “Unable to resist peer pressure,” but also “trying to be different just to be different.” Like racial, ethnic, gender, and other stereotypes, stereotypes about youth might describe certain individuals, but they certainly don’t (and with the contradictions, can’t) describe us all. But their existence does demean us all, and when they inform the way we are treated and the laws we live under, they directly harm us. Young people are treated as incapable, even when quite capable. Society assumes that young people are incapable of taking on most responsibilities, making good decisions and contributing to society in a meaningful way. However, millions of young people are employed and volunteer in the community.