Serious Youngsters

Serious Youngsters Being young in times of crises

Pedro De Bruyckere

Rational and optimistic view of today's young people Practical tools for parents, educators, teachers, etc. Averse to hypes Being born after 2000 ... How many crises have you already experienced? You may have been too young for 9/11, but there have been enough attacks that must have scared you somehow, such as the global financial crisis of 2008, SARS and corona, and the climate crisis; the latter being one you should certainly not forget. Meanwhile, your parents shared your photos on Facebook, which now seems only the least of your privacy concerns.

No wait... Being born in the nineties of the last century, that is bad. You had to start looking for a job just at the time of that 2008 financial crisis, you were at home with your young kids during corona, and everything else.

No wait... It seems that young people are constantly faced with crises and that helping them grow up becomes more difficult. In this book, we consider what the impact is, whether good or bad, of today's society on our young people and especially how you as a parent, educator, teacher and policymaker can respond well to this. Perhaps the real crises we need to tackle are different from what you thought.

148 x 210 mm | 152 pages | 31,000 words paperback | all rights available Pedro De Bruyckere is known worldwide as an educational myth buster thanks to his books translated into several languages. The Guardian named his book Urban Myths about Learning and Education as one of the ten books that everyone working in education should read. His research was published in, among others, The American Educator and is among the world's top 10% most cited articles.

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