There are thousands of young people who are carers to their parents, siblings or other family members. They often take responsibility for medication and quite personal needs as well as providing help with shopping, cleaning, cooking and entertainment.
There are young people working very hard to achieve and encourage racial harmony in troubled communities. They arrange kid's clubs, football and cricket matches and discussion groups so that people from different backgrounds can get to know each other.
Many young people who are champion athletes and sports people and who play at professional levels also give up their time to support other youngsters - especially in deprived communities.
Sadly, in some parts of the world, there are children as young as ten years old who are forced to join the army and fight in various conflicts. You would be shocked at the numbers.
When you look at all of these young people, who seek and get very little publicity, the antics of Paris Hilton seem shallow and pointless.
