title: Reflections on youth and when living hurts.
abstract: Youth today usually grow up to be mature adults, but some are showing at risk behavior that educators and parents should be aware of and try to help and prevent life long social disability. The author brings some reflections to these issues from his life long work with children, youth, parents and educators. He concludes his message with teachings from the Talmud, where it is stated that if you can save one life, it is as though you have saved a whole world. That has now become his mission--one person at a time.
authors.affiliation: Syracuse University, New York, USA. solgordon@nc.rr.com
authors.forename: Sol
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gordon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012649:Self Concept; D014754:Violence