We
have questioned the use of the term "teenager" in the past. This is
not because we have any negative thoughts toward your generation.
In fact, it
is just the opposite. We are so impressed with your generation and with
you as individuals that we get frustrated when some adults see your
young age and don't expect much out of you.
So we've
suggested on many occasions that parents avoid teaching their children
to become "teenagers," which society sees as adolescents that behave
like spoiled children.
We believe that parents should expect a higher standard of youth who are capable of maturity and want to behave like adults.
In this book we are going to use "youth" and "teen" inter-changeably.
We're doing
this with the more mature definition of "young adult" in mind. We are
convinced that this is more in keeping with the real, genuine you.
The world
today needs what your generation has to share! It needs you to be your
real, best self! Those of us in the older generations need your
generation to lead out in changing the world!
~excerpt from
by Oliver DeMille & Shanon Brooks
