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Article: Values and goal-setting with underserved youth.
- Article from:
- JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
- Article date:
- September 1, 1998
- Author:
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Becoming an adult is a difficult process under the best of circumstances. For inner-city children who are underserved, the transition is fraught with obstacles. The stories of children and youth at risk in the United States are often highlighted by school dropout, criminality, drug abuse, prostitution, and hopelessness. At the heart of such despair, for many underserved youngsters, is their belief that they have been abandoned by society. Such children grow up struggling to survive dysfunctional educational and health systems, as well as economic and social isolation created by poverty.
The 1990s have seen increased numbers of underserved youngsters, particularly in ...