Being a teenager takes the correlation of physical, emotional, and mental strength all to persevere and breakthrough and make it as a teenager. All the pressure from your parents, all the judgement and criticism and being in the shadow of an older sibling or an older family member. It 's the worst feeling ever teachers and professors are looking down upon you because you 're not having the same success as your sibling or family member had when they taught them, same goes for parents. However, parents they drive you to the edge of the world they expect you to surpass and exceed whatever an older sibling would do for instance, my sister Sana. On top of that, you 're just a 13 year old youngster who is still just getting the hang of it, and…
When I was a teenager, my ambition was to be an adult and be free to do whatever I wanted to do. I wanted to drink, drive, be out until four in the morning and be a free butterfly. Once I became an adult, and a parent, I realized that not everything is about fun and freedom. Becoming a teenager has its ups and downs and transforming into an adult has its ups and downs as well. When I was a teenager, I was going to school focusing on getting good grades and having safe fun with my friends. As an…
Being a teenager is hard. There are even many struggles that a person has to face throughout their adolescent years such as dating, getting good grades, and keeping a good relationship with friends and family. For Holden the protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye, going through the traditional high schools struggles wasn’t easy. In addition to all ‘normal’ challenges that every teenager has, Holden also had depression. Depressions caused a dark shadow that followed Holden all throughout the…
When I was younger, people always told me everything would change in high school. I was told that people would come and go and that I would eventually find out who my true friends are. They would say, “The fake ones will leave when situations get tough.” As a child, I was oblivious to the things were telling me. I was convinced that my life would always be just as painless as it was at the time and I would finish high school before I moved again. “Just wait and you’ll see,” they cautioned, “You…
A teenager, or teen, is any person whose age falls within the range from thirteen to nineteen years old. The term teenager derives from the fact that all of the numbers within this age range use the suffix -teen. It is a word that is used by various different people, and it is also prominent in many different cultures. Most cultures traditionally hold a formal celebration to mark the transition from childhood to adolescence, or, in other words the child’s ‘coming of age’. For example, people of…
Teen Pregnancy in Mississippi Mississippi’s teenage pregnancy rate has been ranked one of the highest, for many years. Getting pregnant is putting life at risk because no one ever knows what will happen during or after the pregnancy. For teenagers, getting pregnant can cause some complications to the one carrying the baby and to the baby. There are ways to avoid teenage pregnancy such as increasing education in schools about abstinence, having protection if being sexually active, and being more…
In the world today there are children and teenagers disobeying the law. They decide on who their friends are either good or bad. Their decisions may or may not put them in danger. The teenagers in the world today are drinking and smoking underage. By law, the legal age to drink is 21 years old, but for smoking it is eight-teen years old. Parents that have raised their kids has no control on who they become friends with. Although, some children are raised in a good household they can still be…
Parents Compromising With Teenagers. Do you ever feel like your parents control you, and will not let you be and live your own life? Well, it is time for a change. Parents who are too strict and so in control, actually makes the kid 's behavior change to be worse. Teenagers reject limits because their parents are most likely to not take their feelings into consideration. Parenting is between two adults who parent a child, and if those two cannot compromise on a rule, how is the child supposed…
are approximately 3.3 to 10 million teenagers exposed to family violence in the confines of their own home (Moylan et al. para. 2). Family violence impacts teenagers in negative ways by making their future harder to deal with, changing their perception towards individuals, affecting their emotional stability and lowering their self-esteem. Family violence negatively impacts teenagers by making it hard for them to deal with their future. It is harder for teenagers to focus on school because of…
Every year alcohol is being consumed by young teenagers. Alcohol is not being seen as a bad decision they rather see it as pure satisfaction. Alcohol is being advertised everywhere. Sooner or later teenagers are bound to use it. Alcohol can quickly lead to the horrifying world of addiction not only that, but it could also destroy many lives. Just drinking a few beers could lead to someone to become an alcoholic at a very young age. If someone becomes an alcoholic their whole world could fall…