Tag Archives: teenagers

The death of the Saturday job

The death of the Saturday job

Teenagers are ditching old-fashioned Saturday jobs because of their fear of failure, a study suggests. Instead of focusing on enhancing their extracurricular activities through part-time work, 16 and ...
Would you want to be 17 again?

Would you want to be 17 again?

Robert Tanitch reviews Seventeen at Lyric Hammersmith, London W6. Anne-Louise Sarks directed the premiere of Matthew Whittet’s Seventeen at Belvoir Theatre in Sydney. It’s a theatre for serious theatr ...
Lies, damned lies and statistics

Lies, damned lies and statistics

As one of the older generation, one of whom is deemed by some to be a burden on society, I wonder how much young people, particularly teenagers, know about the lives that people led in the old days. W ...