In many ways Britain’s youth is in crisis, trapped by rising debt and unemployment. And yet youth culture has never been more influential or all-pervasive.

Lindsay Johns argues that we need to stop pandering to young people, and that all too often we tell them only what they want to hear. Johns, a writer and broadcaster, runs a youth mentoring scheme in South London. Are we really “genuflecting at the altar of youth”?

Presented by Rana Mitter