Trying to get adults involved in news is bad enough, so how do we get our teens involved. If it doesnt involve Usain Bolt or Celebrity Big Brother, they don't want to know. Politics is a rude word to the majority, and current affairs are to most, the inside of an OK magazine.
Help is at hand. The first UK newspaper for kids is online and in the stores- http://www.firstnews.co.uk/ doesn't patronise or belittle the readers. It doesn't skate around the truth , just reports it in a Newsround kind of way.
With stories ranging from the controversial selling of school playing fields by the current government to the most popular baby names, there really is something for everything.
John Craven started the ball rolling all those years ago, let's try and improve on his success and get our younger generation interested in what's going on in our country, and abroad. Log on and see what the reaction is- you may just be surprised.
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