Issues

Generation Youth Issues makes regular contributions to discussions on children and young people across a range of issues.

Director Stuart Waiton writes regularly for the Times Educational Supplement and previous articles for that publication can be found here.

Battle of Ideas: Scared of the Kids from FORA.tv 02/11/08
We are regularly told Britain is in the grip of gun and knife culture and gang warfare, with young people in particular both committing violent crime, and suffering as victims of it. Stuart Waiton joins the debate.

Are you afraid of teenagers? from The Times 16/12/08
Stuart Waiton says, "The Barnardo's campaign encourages us to intervene with kids less.”

‘And be with me in wonderland’ from culture wars 14/10/08
The challenge of Thatcher to the social concord of the Scottish elites was different from that posed by previous governments, but the political and national confidence that Professor Devine argues grew in the aftermath of that period is perhaps more difficult to see, says Stuart Baird.

Cornwall police hail voluntary curfew in Redruth from Community Care 28/08/08
"The law is a very blunt instrument to use in what are social and moral issues," says Stuart Waiton, director of the campaign group Generation Youth Issues.

Safety rules 'harming' youngsters from the BBC 26/11/07
Some young people are being "harmed" by excessive safety restrictions placed on them, Scotland's children's commissioner has claimed.

Should young people set penalties for bullying? from Young People Now 27/06/07
Adults should be responsible for disciplining children, not children, states Stuart Waiton.

Teachers in 'web bullying' call from the BBC 10/05/07
Stuart Waiton, director of child rights organisation Generation Youth Issues, said teachers should learn to develop thick skins.

Being a youth in Britain isn't so easy these days from Internation Herald Tribune 20/03/07
"Anti-social behavior is less to do with the behavior than with the presumed reaction of adults. Adults can't cope with children being noisy on their street anymore", says Stuart Waiton.

The roots of ‘paedophobia’ from spiked 27/10/06
A new report, Freedom's Orphans, shows that adults are afraid to challenge children. But its proposed solutions would make matters worse, says Stuart Waiton.

Children’s cost in safety bill from the Times 16/10/06
We believe that the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill is a misguided response to a small number of tragic, but fortunately rare, incidents involving the abuse of children.

Are Asbos the only answer? from the Guardian 21/09/06
The government's policies on antisocial behaviour come under scrutiny at a seminar in Edinburgh today. Mike Bell previews the issues.

Our cotton-wool kids from The Times 19/07/06
The irony is that the greatest risk to children is when adults in the general population stop taking responsibility for them, explains Stuart Waiton.

Books and Journals

The following books have key contributions from Generation members.

The RoutledgeFalmer Guide to Key Debates in Education Hayes, Dennis Hayes (Editor) "We should offer all children some perspective on experiences that they encounter. Pandering to their emotional, partial and consequently disproportionate reactions confirms them as justified and leaves children feeling damaged and vulnerable", Simon Knight.
Teenage Sex: What Should Schools Teach Children? Ellie Lee (Editor), Tiffany Jenkins (Editor) "The formalization, the professionalization and indeed the politicization of sex, and particularly of relationships, looks set to undermine rather than assist the development of intimate relationships among teenagers", Stuart Waiton.