Youth rights refers to a set of philosophies intended to enhance civil rights for young people. As opposed to children's rights groups, which tend to advocate entitlements for young people and favor paternalistic handling of minors by government, youth rights organizers seek to enhance the role of young people in society through equal rights. They reject what they see as the paternalism of the current regime as a hindrance to young people who seek active participation in society.

These philosophies were espoused by John Caldwell Holt and others who have come to view society's treatment of children as hypocritical and anachronistic.

Key issues for the youth rights movement are:

• Drinking age
• Voting age
• Age of candidacy
• Curfews
• Emancipation of minors
• Age of majority
• Age of consent
• Gulag schools
• Unschooling
• Corporal punishment
• zero tolerance
• Student rights
• Ageism
• Driving age
• Child labor laws/Right-to-work
• Adultism

//www.youthrights.org/ National Youth Rights Association

See also

• Camel racing - Modern day child slavery
• Youth empowerment
• Youth voice
• Youth rights movement in the United States
• Ephebophobia - the irrational fear of adolescents gaining more rights or showing behavioral, emotional or social emancipation.

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