Adolescence

Drug abuse is prevalent in the United States, however, the use of drugs is mostly among teenagers. Adolescence is a life stage where teens are driven by their ego; where one may assume that they are capable of doing anything. Therefore, teenagers tend to not consider the consequences of drug use. Getting access to drugs has become easier through social media, friends, and vendors offering them in the street. Teenagers take drugs to gain confidence and to run away from their personal issues.…

Impulsive Risk Taking Do you think taking impulsive risks is necessary for teens to do? Well in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet they took a lot of impulsive risks throughout their lives. The star-crossed couple fell in love at first sight but they didn’t realize that they were from two families that hated each other. They then got married behind their family’s backs and then loss their lives by being so impassioned for each other. At this age teenager’s brains are still…

translates the same in the workplace and even if the adolescent finds their dream job opportunity, they end up underperforming and eventually lose the job. The authors insist that it is imperative that an adolescent dot let the fleeting pleasures of adolescence rob them of the diligence that is required in the latter stages of life. The author compares the life of the developing person both at home and in their places of work and concludes that truly there is a relation. This chapter well covers…

To teach or not to teach Teenager, a word that was first incorporated into an everyday American’s vocabulary in the 1920s, due to the fact that there was not a word describing the adolescence ages of 13 to 19. While you do not have the responsibilities of being an adult, you also do not have the freedoms of being a child anymore. It was also brought into existence because this time period in an individual's life is when they are thought of as very rebellious. Teens want to drink, smoke, and…

Part 1: Interview with a Parent of an Adolescent 1. How old is/are your child/children? “My daughter is 7 years old.” 2. How is adolescence different from the elementary school years for your child? What changes have you seen in him/her? “In her elementary years she was more energetic, goofy and silly. In her adolescent years she became more serious and calm. We’ve seen struggles with depression in her teen years, which is a drastic difference from her childhood. She also has become more…

Teens rush home on Saturday night by nine PM because, of a car accident that happened ten years ago which changed our small town's like forever. We wish to be older to have privileges but, the advantage was taken away by one drunken teen years ago. Is it fair for all young adults to have to deal with the mistakes of a teen who killed the family? Ten years ago after prom night a young teen crashed into our mayor, his wife and, their two children speeding 45 miles over the speed limit.…

My research will be a reflection on my first alcoholic experience as a teen. As sociologists, we can uncover the decisions, influences, and potential motives behind adolescent and teen alcohol use. We should care about this experience because if can offer data and perspective on how salience can prevent alcohol use. I plan to use personal recollections, primarily, as my source of data during my research. In my research project, my personal experience shows how teen alcohol use is affected by…

one final big day off from his high-school career. While this feeling is one that almost every high-schooler has from time to time the way he goes about doing it and the things that he does while he’s off “sick” show definite signs of a troubled adolescence including conduct disorder, some major juvenile delinquency…

whether to start using drugs or alcohol. As most people would argue, adolescence is a time for self-exploration, but in reality, teenagers are not prepared for the consequences that may follow (National Institute on Drug Abuse). One of the biggest reasons that kids try drugs or alcohol for the first time is peer pressure. Peer pressure is a difficult stage at any point in a person’s life, but it’s especially effective during adolescence. The struggle of fitting into today’s society is what…

A lot of parents in the world lack certain traits good parents have because their own parents may have inflicted poor parenting skills upon them throughout their own childhood, such as emotional, verbal, and physical abuse, which are all things that can be avoided and improved upon to make the relationship between parents and their children better. Have you ever made an opinion about something to your parents and they responded in a way that degraded you? This is just the bare minimum of what a…