Young lives: is now a good time to be young?

This free course, Young lives: is now a good time to be young?, looks at young lives in theUK today, asking the question is this a good time to be young? It focuses on some of the factors that influence thedivergent lives and complex experiences of children and young people today, taking an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the lives of children and young people. It focuseson some of the key issues in young lives such as continuing inequality and why some children and young people are more the focus of policy and intervention than others. It is written for both people working with, or intending to work with, children and young people and for those who have a more general interest in issues and debates related to children and young people.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Regional difference and divergence
• 1 Regional difference and divergence
• 2 Intergenerational unfairness
• 2 Intergenerational unfairness
• 3 Social mobility
• 3 Social mobility
• 4 Teenage kicks?
• 4 Teenage kicks?
• 5 Teenage bedrooms
• 5 Teenage bedrooms
• 6 Whose playground is it anyway? Social class, social power and being young
• 6 Whose playground is it anyway? Social class, social power and being young
• 6.1 Hiding in the light: rich young lives
• 6.2 Not in education, employment or training?
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• References
• Acknowledgements