Book Review: Adolescents, Rapid Social Change, and the Law, Editied by Roger Levesque

Modern society is a raging fire. It’s constantly changing, often making life difficult to gauge for people of all ages. But this especially applies to adolescents—our pre-teens, teenagers, and college aged kids. I am one of them. This book is dedicated to helping families, guardians, friends, and mentors of young people help those same young people navigate through social changes.

Chapter 1 introduces the concepts that will be featured in the different sections of this book, each unique. What is labeled as part 2 of the book deals with the media, and the dangers that lie therein. The issues here are:

• Ch. 2—Protecting Youths from Themselves
• Ch. 3—Protecting Youths from the Sexualized Media
• Ch. 4—Protecting Youths from Online Predators
• Ch. 5—Protecting Youths from Sexting

Part 3 of the book looks at the education system and protecting the students in our schools. This book talks about:

• Ch. 6—Protecting Youths from Racial Discrimination in Public Schools
• Ch. 7—Protecting Financially Disadvantaged Youths
• Ch. 8—Protecting the Sexual Identity of Youths (LGBT) in Private Schools

Part 4 of this book moves to the family unit. The problems discussed here are:

• Ch. 9—Protecting the Income of Financially Successful Youths
• Ch. 10—Protecting Youths’ Relationships with Deployed Parents
• Ch. 11—Protecting Youths from Trafficking

This book could have been so much better in one very specific way: it needs to acknowledge that there is a God in Heaven. When God is recognized as the authority, it makes many of the principles in this book much easier to implement into society (other than the chapter on LGBT movement). Personally, I agree that protection is needed for youths in all areas but that of the LGBT movement. We are created in the image of God for a heterosexual relationship between 1 man and 1 woman for 1 life. But the absence of God in this book takes away the most essential element of protecting youths. Many of the principles present are good and can be implemented under God. But only then can youths truly be protected. For these reasons, I give this book 2 stars out of 5. 

WHERE TO BUY THIS BOOK:

http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319415338

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THIS BOOK:

Levesque, Roger, Ed. Adolescents, Rapid Social Change, and the Law: The Transforming Nature of Protection. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International, 2016.

DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL: I received a complimentary copy of this book through the Springer book review program, which requires an honest, though not necessarily positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.