The speech contained an incisive social analysis and a moral message.
But what was striking were the parallels with what I consider to be the best of youth work policy and practice. It was also closely aligned with the work of an academic colleague of mine, James E. Cote, who a few years ago wrote a brilliant book called Arrested Adulthood. There is a section in that book entitled "More Freedom and Opportunity, but Who Will Take Care of the Children?". Cote's broader question is how the most wealthy societies in the world have managed to produce the most troubled children.
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