Young people and nation building

The terms young person, youth, adolescent, teenager and kid are often used interchangeably to mean the same thing, but occasionally differentiated.

However the United Nations defines ‘youth’ as: persons between the ages of 15 and 24. Adolescents and teenagers fall within this group.

Adolescence is a period of transition between childhood to adulthood. (It occurs between ages 10 to 19 years). A teenager refers to a person in his/her teen years that is between 13 to 19 years