Youth Rights

From YRN

Youth rights refers to a set of philosophies intended to enhance civil rights for young people. Rather than so-called children's rights groups, which tend to advocate entitlements for young people and favor paternalistic handling of minors by government, the modern Youth Rights Movement seek to enhance the role of young people in society through equal rights, rejecting paternalism as a hindrance to those young people who seek active participation in society.

These philosophies were espoused by John Holt and others who have come to see society's treatment of children as hypocritical and anachronistic.

Key issues

The main issues within the Youth Rights Movement are:

• Drinking age
• Voting age
• Curfews
• Emancipation
• Gulag schools
• Unschooling
• Corporal punishment
• Zero tolerance
• Student rights

[edit] See also

• Youth rights movement in the United States
• Facts about youth rights