How is the question of social change linked to our understandings of youth? 1. Discuss whether there are any significant events or transition points in young people’s lives today that definitively...

How is the question of social change linked to our understandings of youth?

1. Discuss whether there are any significant events or transition points in young people’s lives today that definitively mark the transition to adulthood.

2. Identify some generational stereotypes that are current in the popular media and discuss what they are saying about young people and what they are based on.

3. What are the most significant changes that have occurred between the baby boomer generation and generations X and Y? 5 What patterns of life are associated with a ‘risk biography’?