Youth Development: Issues, Challenges and Directions

Posted on October 3, 2000

What if we looked at the teenager hanging out on the corner not as a problem waiting to happen, but as a youth about to develop? Would we begin to think in terms of what he needs to thrive, instead of what he needs to just stay alive? That's the "paradigm shift" underlying the youth development movement. Public/Private Ventures' new book takes stock of this movement, its promise and challenges.