Young people certainly want more things to do and places to go, but we should be cautious about a policy that seeks to provide only "structured" time and activities. All of us, young and old, need time to unwind, chill out and just be together.
In this sense unstructured isn't the same as aimless.
The minister said that nearly a third of young people do not like sport, cinema, plays or art galleries. This group "tends to come from poorer families" and "end up being seen as a problem to their local communities". There is a worrying implication here that if we don't engage deprived youth in this adult, consumerist notion of a cultural life, they will turn to the bad.
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