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- For other uses, see Youth (disambiguation)
- See also: List of youth topics
Youth is defined by Webster's New World Dictionary as, "The time of life when one is young; especially: a: the period between childhood and maturity b: the early period of existence, growth, or development."[1]
Contents
- 1 Usage
- 2 Age limits
- 3 See also
- 3.1 Youth-focused organizations
- 3.2 Historical youth-related articles
- 3.3 List of youth-related publications
- 4 See also
- 5 References
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Usage
Around the world the terms "youth", "adolescent", "teenager", and "young person" are interchanged, often meaning the same thing, occassionaly differentiated. Youth generally refers to a time of life that is neither childhood nor adulthood, but rather, somewhere in-between.
Youth also identifies a particular mindset of attitude, as in "He is very
youthful". The term youth is also related to being
young.
- "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 love of ease." - Robert Kennedy
Youth is an alternative word to the scientifically-oriented adolescent and the common American terms of teen and teenager. Another common title for youth is young person or young people.
- "The majority of men use the first part of life to make the rest of it miserable. Young men, due to a mistaken idea of false manhood, are accustomed to falling into the arms of whores. The excesses of youth are drafts drawn against old age payable in thirty years time with very high interest. Without Fundamental Education, youth becomes a continual intoxication; it is the fever of error, liquor and animal passion." - Samael Aun Weor[2]
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 24 years inclusive." - United Nations General Assembly[3]
- "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." - WorldBank[4]
- "A person... under 21 years of age." - US Government[5]
- "People between the ages of 12 and 25." - Tasmanian Government[6]
See also
Youth-focused organizations
Historical youth-related articles
List of youth-related publications
See also
References
- ^ (2004) Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition.
- ^ Samael Aun Weor (1970). Fundamental Education, Chapter 26 Youth.
- ^ (n.d.) Frequently Asked Questions Youth at the UN website.
- ^ (n.d.) Glossary] WorldBank website.
- ^ (n.d.) Research on Age of Drivers National Highway Transportation and Safety Board website
- ^ (n.d.) Tasmania Together GlossaryAustralian Government website.
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