Framing Youth: 10 Myths About the Next Generation [Paperback]

Mike A Males (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2002

Current events. Politics. Teens must be controlled. That's the prevailing picture of youth presented in the media and by government officials. In this whilwind tour of common myths, Mike Males shows the reader what teens are really like, and what they really need. Among the myths exposed: recent school shootings illustrated that today's youth are more violent than their parents' generation; today's youth are America's worst generation ever; teen alcohol and drug abuse are "epidemic" even as adult problems are decreasing; and many more. Mike Males, once expelled from the second grade, is now a doctoral candidate in social ecology at the University of California, Irvine. He serves on the California Wellness Foundation Adolescent Health Advisory Board, and has written extensively on youth and social issues.

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"Brilliant." -- Robert Scheer, Los Angeles Times

"Excellent...Buy Male's great book." -- Alexander Cockburn, The Nation

"Powerful..." -- Nick Charles, New York Daily News

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Common Courage Press (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567511481
• ISBN-13: 978-1567511482
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,249,286 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Myth-smashing Social Criticism, February 3, 1999

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This review is from: Framing Youth: 10 Myths About the Next Generation (Paperback)

If you like strong social criticism, you'll like Framing Youth. Today's youth generation has been harmed by politicians cutting social programs because the generation is unorganized and unable to vote. Media and politicians have overblown anecdotes into sterotypes maligning youth. Males fights back for youth, smashing stereotypes with statistics.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can you handle the Truth?, February 4, 2002

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Edward Cichowicz MD (San Juan, PR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Framing Youth: 10 Myths About the Next Generation (Paperback)

Framing Youth, author Mike Males' follow-up to The Scapegoat Generation, is simply the best book out there in regards to understanding our adolescents' "dreadful behavior". Politicians, the media, and even what we think of as "unimpeachable scientific agencies", have led us all, even us health professionals who work with adolescents on a daily basis, to believe such a distorted view of reality, in relation to our "problems with teens", that we routinely take what appear to be logically good decisions to benefit teens, then wonder why those kids "just don't get it". In reality, it's us adults who haven't yet "got it". Mike will take you through the Top Ten Reasons Why Kids Have a Bad Rep, and afterwards I guarantee you'll be a better health professional, community activist or politician in regards to understanding adolescent behavior. Just be sure you can handle the truth, because the enemy is us.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Males "Blows the Cover", December 11, 2001

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Jeffrey L. Thayer (Pittsburgh, Pa.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Framing Youth: 10 Myths About the Next Generation (Paperback)

I used Mike Males in a college research paper that I recently wrote, "The Politics of Sex Education," and found him fascinating. Since teenagers can't vote, they can't defend themselves against the avalanche of claims that are made against them. Fortunately, however, Males comes to their aid, arguing on their behalf, as their biggest defender anywhere. His writings were the most direct arguments that I found anywhere on teenage sexuality. I plan to read more of Males, although I can already imagine what he will say. He will defend teens against all charges, whether they are high violence rates, high drug rates, "promiscuous" sex, or tobacco use. He will help set the record straight. Teenagers aren't behaving any differently than the rest of us. They are just being blamed of all of it.