Let's Aim High: Preparing Teens for Adulthood

Beyond Rhetoric: A New American Agenda for Children and Families (published in June, 1991) contends that the options adolescents face today are more diverse than in past decades, the demands upon them are greater, and, in many cases, their sources of support are more limited. Read an excerpt of the final report of the National Commission on Children, which calls for a movement to ensure that every young person enters adulthood confident, hopeful, and able to achieve his or her potential.