Dr. Michael Bradley, an Author and Psychologist specializing in the treatment of substance abuse disorders explains what makes alcohol and drugs so appealing to teenagers,
The first truly frightening fact you need to confront is that drug use often does make major sense in the context of the adolescent world. Drugs can serve so many purposes so well. They change painful emotional realities, make uncool kids cool, provide friends, enable identity development, help rebel against authority, spotlight adult hypocrisy, and do many other wonderful things for your kid, at least in the short term. In the long term, they can kill her.
Fortunately, not every teenager tries drugs and alcohol, but there are many that do. Both are fairly inexpensive and easy to come by. …show more content…
Michael Bradley eloquently puts it this way, “On its own, teenage sex represents a terrible confluence of volatile developmental and emotional issues simply waiting for a match to ignite them.” Sex at a young age, an age where ones mind is still developing, where hormones are running rampant, where one is highly impressionable, and where one is in the process of discovering one’s self, is dangerous at best. A survey conducted between July of 2006 and June of 2010, and then distributed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Disease Control and Prevention in October of 2011, Illustrates the dangers teenagers are facing in regards to teenage sexual activity. The survey highlights the costs and dangers that can result from teenage sex. It presents important statistics that have major implications for teenagers and parents to consider regarding teenage sex. Undoubtedly, education could go a long way to getting teenagers to understand the dangers. Most teenagers do not consider the possible outcomes regarding one’s mental health, physical health, family life, and social life when one commits to teenage
The first truly frightening fact you need to confront is that drug use often does make major sense in the context of the adolescent world. Drugs can serve so many purposes so well. They change painful emotional realities, make uncool kids cool, provide friends, enable identity development, help rebel against authority, spotlight adult hypocrisy, and do many other wonderful things for your kid, at least in the short term. In the long term, they can kill her.
Fortunately, not every teenager tries drugs and alcohol, but there are many that do. Both are fairly inexpensive and easy to come by. …show more content…
Michael Bradley eloquently puts it this way, “On its own, teenage sex represents a terrible confluence of volatile developmental and emotional issues simply waiting for a match to ignite them.” Sex at a young age, an age where ones mind is still developing, where hormones are running rampant, where one is highly impressionable, and where one is in the process of discovering one’s self, is dangerous at best. A survey conducted between July of 2006 and June of 2010, and then distributed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Disease Control and Prevention in October of 2011, Illustrates the dangers teenagers are facing in regards to teenage sexual activity. The survey highlights the costs and dangers that can result from teenage sex. It presents important statistics that have major implications for teenagers and parents to consider regarding teenage sex. Undoubtedly, education could go a long way to getting teenagers to understand the dangers. Most teenagers do not consider the possible outcomes regarding one’s mental health, physical health, family life, and social life when one commits to teenage