The 1990s–2000s also saw a resurgence in youth rights books. Two books important for the movement, The Scapegoat Generation and Framing Youth from the late 90s by Mike Males lay out the case that young people have been unfairly blamed for the ills of society and used as a convenient scapegoat. Males describes the attack on youth as a "national pathology, unwarranted by fact, smokescreen for the failure of adulthood and its leadership to confront larger predicaments."
The 1990s through early 2000s saw a resurgence in books advocating for youth rights. Two key works, The Scapegoat Generation and Framing Youth from the late 90s by Mike Males, argued that young people have been unfairly blamed for societal problems and treated as convenient scapegoats. Males termed this attack on youth as "a national pathology unsupported by facts, a cover-up for the failure of adulthood to confront larger issues."