Cultural And Societal Influences On Adolescence

“Culture is the entire way of life or lifestyle of a group of people.” Now more than ever, culture has shaped and guided adolescents’ perception of reality. In recent years, I believe that culture plays a major role in teen development today, including myself. Culture is capable of manipulating everyday decisions that I am faced with such as what I wear, how I express my emotions, and even the type of music that I am drawn to. Culture is a universally shared characteristic among all human social life that is cumulative, learned, shared. Adolescence is a crucial period in my life. It is the time that I am the am the most malleable and susceptible to external influences. After analyzing the article, ‘Cultural and Societal Influences on …show more content…
In general, culture emphasizes that my parents are my mentors and guides throughout my life. The article explains that in American culture, conflicts between teens and parents have increased recently. Parents have a hard time letting go of their children, especially their youngest. I want to learn to become independent and eventually gain independence from my parents as I become older. My parents and I share a different perspective on how independent I should be, and as a result, I am not capable of reaching my full potential. The relationship between my peers and I is also significant in my development. In adolescence, I am very susceptible to conformity. Conformity is changing my behavior to match the actions and responses of others around me. Culture emphasizes that my years in high school are supposed to be the best and most memorable years of my life. Conformity can prove this statement to be false. My years in high school will be the years that I will most likely conform to influences around me more than any other time in my life. The article made me realise the greatest challenge of high school, finding my own