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Help Stop the spread of Teenage Affluenza

By Amil Husain, UN Millennium Campaign      Thursday June 14, 2007

I don't usually sit through a 5-minute YouTube video unless its a Daily Show clip but this video really got my attention.  A friend shared a video about Teenage Affluenza, a syndrome that millions of young people from developed countries suffer from.  The video does a great job juxtaposing the problems of young people in a rich country vs. the monumental difficulties young people in poor countries face, but in a sarcastic way that isn't too overbearing or preachy. 

Of course, all of our problems are relative and its difficult to see outside of your own situation to reazlie how badly other people are living, but I'm not opposed to wake-up calls as much as possible to put everything in perspective.  It sure made me rethink complaining about having to walk to the dry cleaners to pickup my shirts today.

For more information checkout these sites:
www.40hourfamine.com and www.stir.org.au

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