There are several factors that affect youth engagement. However, today’s popular forms of youth engagement generally don’t acknowledge those factors. Whether or not a young person is going to become engaged is determined by three things: Social and economic environment Physical environment, and Individual characteristics and behaviors The ways young people live determine their engagement. Because ofContinue reading “Factors Affecting Youth Engagement”
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When Will Adults Grow Up?
Today, The New York Times employed the opinions of Laurence Steinberg to answer the question, “When do kids become adults?” My question is about this article is, “When will adults grow up?” The “reality” of age-based segregation is eroding every day as since continuously shows that both childhood and adulthood are simply made-up constructs that have no practical place inContinue reading “When Will Adults Grow Up?”
Freedom Through Engagement
These days are all about being free and teaching others how to do the same. Not some jingoistic, anemic freedom, but depth of soul and meaning of life. This is really what I want. Throughout our lives we have countless opportunities to become more and more free. There is no person in Canada or theContinue reading “Freedom Through Engagement”
Adam F.C. Fletcher 