This text proposes to raise some questions emerging from one of the most worrying features of present days: violence and, more particularly, child and youth violence, which bothers and questions society and pedagogy, research, the theoretical reflection and the educational practice. The paper focuses on some points: Is the category "violent" imposing itself as a new segregating parameter in society and in schools? Are the progresses made in the conformation of the public and of school as a public space being questioned? Are the reactions to violence showing the weakness of proclaiming education as a right for all? And the weakness of recognizing children and teenagers as subjects of rights? It also highlights that the reactions to child and youth violence places again the traditional dispute for the imaginary on the people and on popular children and teenagers. Each of these features sends us questions for pedagogy.
Education; Childhood; Teenage; Violence; Rights