CAFS 12: Community and Family Studies: Groups in context: Youth

Issues in Society is a useful resource for Australian students. There are several booklets on topics related to Youth. Browse the list here in the Canvas Library course.

This issue is complex, and not one that is easily solved, and students also need to be mindful to consider all aspects of a problem before forming an opinion about this issue. Cultural perspectives need to be considered. People need to withhold judgement about a situation they have not personally experienced.

There are several possible issues to consider:

• Youth boredom and lack of engagement in appropriate activities after hours
• Feeling unsafe in their homes due to domestic violence or family conflict
• Substance abuse, anger, frustration
• Lower educational attainment, truancy, non-attendance at school
• Poor living conditions, overcrowding, damaged premises
• Lack of skills and strategies in dealing with overwhelming feelings
• Poverty, lack of parental supervision and structured family life.
• Intergenerational poor levels of educational attainment.
• Fewer job opportunities
• Youth detention and incarceration - hard to break out of cycles without support