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And on that note - before I go, I would just like to give a great big shout out David Owen's foreword to ''The Fallen Children''. In it, he says, ''Young people are not properly nurtured in the UK''. He goes on to talk about tuition fees, youth unemployment, the restriction of social security benefits for the young, the youth mental health crisis. And yet, as opportunities and life chances are taken away, these young people are still labelled as lazy, entitled and self-obsessed. David Owen is right: it really, really sucks. I am the mother of two of those young people. I know I'm biased because they are mine, but they aren't lazy, entitled and self-obsessed. They're great. And I'm thankful to anyone speaking up for them. Thank you, David. We need more like you and this is one reason I love to read YA fiction, despite rattling ever closer to wizened old fool status. It's full of wonderful writers who advocate for our young people.

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