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Youth is the period from infancy or childhood to maturity.
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Usage
Around the world the terms "youth", "adolescent", "teenager", and "young person" are interchanged, often meaning the same thing, occasionally differentiated. Youth generally refers to a time of life that is neither childhood nor adulthood, but rather somewhere in-between.1 Youth also identifies a particular mindset of attitude, as in "He is very youthful". The term youth is also related to being young.2
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- "This world demands the qualities of youth: not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the life of ease." - Robert Kennedy3
Youth is an alternative word to the scientifically-oriented adolescent and the common terms of teen and teenager. Another common title for youth is young person or young people.4
Age limits
The age in which a person is considered a "youth," and thus eligible for special treatment under the law and throughout society varies around the world.
- "Youth... those persons falling between the ages of 15 and 25 years inclusive." - United Nations General Assembly5
- "Time in a person's life between childhood and adulthood. The term "youth" in general refers to those who are between the ages of 15 to 25." - World Bank.6
- The Commonwealth Youth Programme works with "young people (aged 15-29)."7
- "A person... under 21 years of age." - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration8
- "People between the ages of 20 and 25." - Government of Tasmania9
- "People between the ages of 14 and 21." - Wilson School District10
See also
References
- ^ (2004) Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition.
- ^ Konopka, G. (1973) "Requirements for Healthy Development of Adolescent Youth", Adolescence. VIII(31), p. 2.
- ^ "Day of Affirmation, University of Cape Town, South Africa. June 6, 1966", Robert F. Kennedy Memorial. Retrieved 11/9/07.
- ^ Konopka, G. (1973) "Requirements for Healthy Development of Adolescent Youth", Adolescence. VIII(31), p. 24.
- ^ (n.d.) Frequently Asked Questions Youth at the UN website.
- ^ (n.d.) Glossary WorldBank website.
- ^ The Commonwealth
- ^ (n.d.) Research on Age of Drivers National Highway Transportation and Safety Board website
- ^ (n.d.) Tasmania Together GlossaryAustralian Government website.
- ^ [1]Wilson website.
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