Daily News | We’re not protecting young people, we’re demonizing them
And every time they try to tell us what they want, we come back with more supervision, more scheduling, more programs, and more organizations. And while some of that is great — and necessary — what is also necessary for young people is the space to be, to breathe.We played outside until the streetlights went on. But we impose curfews on them.We spent whole summer days and nights at the beach.
And yeah, we were not always where we said we’d be, or where we should be, and when we got caught or things went left, there was often hell to pay.What isn’t fair is that older generations, those who benefited from those very same youthful freedoms, now seem to be punishing younger generations for their own failures to create an infrastructure for young people to be, well, young people.
“In no way do I condone the destructive activity we saw in the Loop and lakefront this weekend,” Johnson said, referring to two Chicago neighborhoods we could compare with Center City and Penn’s Landing. “It is unacceptable and has no place in our city.”, “it is not constructive to demonize youth who have otherwise been starved of opportunities in their own communities.”
As you might expect, Johnson got a lot of grief for that. It’s much easier, and politically safer, to give the appearance of addressing a complicated issue by blaming — and penalizing — everyone for the actions of a few.
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