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he image of Syrian
refugee Aylan Kurdi lying dead on the beach in Bodrum in Turkey evoked
widespread outrage and despair. Being no different, I was affected by several
things at once: the pointless waste of life. The tragedy of fleeing one
terrible fate only to meet one that is worse. That he was nearly the same age
as my son, Max. Our family once holidayed in Bodrum.
But something deeper and equally distressing was lying on
the beach. The death of a future. Children and young people are imbued with a
heavy and complex burden. They are sources of hope, possibility and concern –
sometimes simultaneously. In times of trouble, they are seen to be at risk and sources
of risk.
Read this comment piece by Lucas Walsh in today’s Melbourne Age - “Future for young people looks bleak as the world's problems pile up”.
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