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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.
Childrens
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.
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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.
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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.
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