What do the authors expect the candidates to say about kids in the upcoming presidential election campaign?
Since Millennials began being born in the early 1980s, the need to protect and structure the lives of children has been a steadily rising priority in political debates–and in public action. With each election, the Millennials’ leading edge has defined the new focus of interest, from tyke issues (child abuse, infant seats) in the mid-’80s to teen issues (curfews, v-chips, school violence) in the mid-’90s. By 1998, over half of all adults said that “getting kids off to the right start” ought to be America’s number-one priority. In 2000, Millennial issues will again take center stage–though this time, with this generation’s leading-edge having just graduated from high school, the focus will begin shifting toward the college and career issues affecting their future. As key youth indicators (crime, teen pregnancies, test scores) continue to change in a positive direction, and as Millennials start getting old enough to answer back, the politicians’ long habit of blaming youth for America’s
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