This series discusses problems affecting today's youth, such as mental health, delinquency, crime, social pressures. It also considers solutions for parents and youths to employ.An online collection of early educational public radio content from the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB).
https://www.unlockingtheairwaves.org/programs/tender-twigs/
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden:
That which divides, destroys
Robert H. Scott, Assistant Director in the Youth Division, Michigan Dept. of Corrections, points to the effects of playing up differences between people and groups.
An eye for an eye
Dr. Garrett Heyns, Director of Institutions for the State of Washington, expresses his opinions on how we can help those who err.
A hand of help
Mark Beach, Program Director of the McGregor Fund, reviews the functions and purposes of private foundation capital, and how it may be used to aid our youth.
Man for himself
Dr. Erich Fromm, author and psychoanalyst, concludes series with discussion of the cultural pressures of our time and how we must learn, not in any selfish sense, to be for ourselves.
A school's role
Dr. William Kvaraceus, Boston University, reviews the role of the school as it relates to youth and the community.
Juvenile delinquency
Dr. James J. Brennan, Michigan State University, traces the trends of police and community programs in their effectiveness in the prevention of delinquency.
"Style of life" makes a man
Dr. Albert Cohen, author, "Delinquent Boys - The Culture of the Gang," examines delinquency and crime as results of subcultural groupings within modern society.
Teacher's influence never ends
Dr. Alice Keliher, New York University, recounts an experience of boys of the "8th Street Gang" as they prepared for a "rumble," or gang war.
Those who serve
Dr. Joseph Lohman, sociologist and Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, discusses the roles of agents and agencies in the changing urban populations.
Teacher's influence never ends
Dr. Alice Keliher, New York University, recounts an experience of boys of the "8th Street Gang" as they prepared for a "rumble," or gang war.