They love volunteer work. It makes them feel needed and wanted. It makes them feel like they matter. Politics doesn't do that for them. These kids have grown up in a media culture that scorns and ridicules the very things we wish they would take seriously.
Politicians do the same thing.
They run against the government. Skateboarding is not a crime'' is about more than skateboards. We want to try young offenders as adults and send them to prison. We blame young people for all manner of social sickness. Every year we make it more difficult for kids to get and keep their drivers licenses, something quite important to them.