Teenagers nowadays live more healthier, promising and prosperous lives than previously. There is an increased expectancy in life as diseases that notoriously posed serious threats such as polio, typhoid and cholera are no longer an issue. Their educational levels have also improved tremendously irrespective of the gender, as more and more people are graduating from college these days. The problems facing teenagers today are more complex.
Teens nowadays are faced with the challenge of having career focused parents who do not pay time to strengthen the teenager-parent bonds. Studies reveal that those with strong parental bonds tend to be less susceptible to the negative influences in the society and avoid destructive and dangerous behavior.
The media is a constant presence that revolves around a teen who is less preoccupied with much in life and thus relies heavily on all its forms for entertainment. They expose themselves to media such as the television, videos, video games, music, books, magazines as well as newspapers. The media nowadays has harmful effects to teens. Those who watch too much television usually have poorer vocabulary and perform dismally in class.
Sexuality culture is being excessively promoted in the mainstream media. Study reveals that teenagers are twice as likely to emulate the sexual behavior they see in their favorite media. For instance there are those shows that try to show that the cool kids are the ones who take part in sexual intercourse.
Drugs were once revered as being dangerous and highly destructive to ones physical and mental health. Nowadays celebrities flaunt with the drugs openly on mass media. They are available in almost all parties and bashes held and are viewed as cool.
Also the increasing cases of parental divorce and custody conflicts between the former spouses puts them more at risk of depression. It is unfortunate that this drugs are major contributors to lots of accidents among teens with the worst cases being some of them taking them in suicide attempts caused about by depression. Depression can affect them very strongly resulting in them causing harm to themselves or others if it is not properly addressed early.
Most active smokers began at their teens and the number is ever increasing. The high trends of smokers among the young is a major worry as they tend to assume that they will get rid of the behavior when they eventually matures. Research points the smoking in adults more determinant to socio-economic status while in the young it varies greatly from peer pressure to emulation from the mass media shows and celebrities.
With society putting too much focus on the social dimension of the problems they face, the most basic of problems such as nutrition are more ignored. The number of obese young teens is rapidly on the rise due to poor eating habits. The general shunning of salads and vegetables for more fatty carbs and fast foods results in poor nutrition among the young and exposes them to health risks at the moment as well as in future. Some of this diseases are such as diabetes and cancer. There is a saying that the future is for our kids. However if we do not invest in them, it can only mean that we will not have a future.
Teens nowadays are faced with the challenge of having career focused parents who do not pay time to strengthen the teenager-parent bonds. Studies reveal that those with strong parental bonds tend to be less susceptible to the negative influences in the society and avoid destructive and dangerous behavior.
The media is a constant presence that revolves around a teen who is less preoccupied with much in life and thus relies heavily on all its forms for entertainment. They expose themselves to media such as the television, videos, video games, music, books, magazines as well as newspapers. The media nowadays has harmful effects to teens. Those who watch too much television usually have poorer vocabulary and perform dismally in class.
Sexuality culture is being excessively promoted in the mainstream media. Study reveals that teenagers are twice as likely to emulate the sexual behavior they see in their favorite media. For instance there are those shows that try to show that the cool kids are the ones who take part in sexual intercourse.
Drugs were once revered as being dangerous and highly destructive to ones physical and mental health. Nowadays celebrities flaunt with the drugs openly on mass media. They are available in almost all parties and bashes held and are viewed as cool.
Also the increasing cases of parental divorce and custody conflicts between the former spouses puts them more at risk of depression. It is unfortunate that this drugs are major contributors to lots of accidents among teens with the worst cases being some of them taking them in suicide attempts caused about by depression. Depression can affect them very strongly resulting in them causing harm to themselves or others if it is not properly addressed early.
Most active smokers began at their teens and the number is ever increasing. The high trends of smokers among the young is a major worry as they tend to assume that they will get rid of the behavior when they eventually matures. Research points the smoking in adults more determinant to socio-economic status while in the young it varies greatly from peer pressure to emulation from the mass media shows and celebrities.
With society putting too much focus on the social dimension of the problems they face, the most basic of problems such as nutrition are more ignored. The number of obese young teens is rapidly on the rise due to poor eating habits. The general shunning of salads and vegetables for more fatty carbs and fast foods results in poor nutrition among the young and exposes them to health risks at the moment as well as in future. Some of this diseases are such as diabetes and cancer. There is a saying that the future is for our kids. However if we do not invest in them, it can only mean that we will not have a future.
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