Around the world, youth are changing a lot of issues. Following is a collection of topics Freechild has identified. There are many other issues youth are changing that are not listed here.
Creativity Issues
Economic Issues
Education Issues
- Homeschooling
- School reform
- Sex education
- Students rights in schools
- School climate
- Teaching about social change in school
- Unschooling
- Reflection
- Critical thinking
- Financial literacy
- Service learning
- Democratic education
Identity Issues
- Youth
- Adults
- Adultism
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgendered, Queer, and Questioning youth, or LGBTQ youth
- Native youth
- Runaway and homeless youth
- Intergenerational partnerships
- Parents, parenting and families
- Rural youth
- Urban youth
- Youth in the media
- Gender equity
- Children of incarcerated parents
- Disabilities
- Transition-age youth
Government Issues
- Community development
- Involvement in decision-making
- Foster care
- Foundations
- Government involvement
- Nonprofits
- Research representation
- International development
- Nation building
- School involvement (offsite)
Social Issues
- Gun control
- School reform
- Grantmaking and philanthropy
- Sex education
- Anti-war and nonviolence
- Education
- National service
- Politics
- Racism
- Family youth engagement
- Environment
- Sustainable agriculture
- Public health
- Civic engagement
- Employment and training
- Community youth engagement
Rights Issues
- Adultism
- Ephebiphobia
- Curfews
- Defining youth rights
- Job discrimination
- Incarceration
- Lowering the voting age
- Youth liberation
- Youth rights in schools
- Youth rights
Youth Issues
- Youth-led organizing
- Youth on boards
- Holistic youth development
- Reconnecting youth
- Mentoring
- Positive youth development
- Afterschool programs
Health and Safety
- Health & nutrition
- Mental health
- Youth preparedness
- Substance abuse prevention
- Teen dating violence prevention
- Violence prevention & victimization
- Teen driver safety
- Teen pregnancy prevention
- Corporal Punishment
- Gang prevention
- Juvenile Justice
- Bullying prevention
- Trafficking of youth
- Youth suicide prevention
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