Young-adult fiction

privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”. Teenagers and adults are at risk of the same issues and these issues can happen whenever they please. If an 18 year old went out past 10 p.m. on a late night walk a 17 year old would legally not be able to do the same thing simply because one was born before…

Adolescence is a time of transition in which children go through physical and emotional changes that transition them into young adulthood. In this time of transition and change, the position the adolescents within the legal system is suspect. There is an ambiguity about the position of adolescents in the legal system because of the question about whether to treat adolecents as adults or as children. That is to say, there are two opposing opinions regarding the treatment of adolescents within the…

They play a major role in this deadly mix. Parents have the duty to warn their kids how bad alcohol can be for them. They have the responsibility to punish their teens when the teen is caught with alcohol. Unfortunately too many parents don't do either of those. Sometimes it is because the parent are alcoholics so the teen is raised in it and gets use to the alcohol so they follow in their parents footsteps. This creates a deadly bloodline that ruins generations and kills many in its wake. Then…

brought many controversies to debate. For instance, in the pro-social networking article (“Negative Impact of Social Networking Sites” by Karen Frazier), the author asserts that social media has a lot of negative impacts in the society, especially in young adults and teenagers. Unreliable communication, high risk of interventions with strangers, cyberbullying, and a substantial decrease in school grades are some of the main concerns of Frazier. But, in the article “Social Media Isn’t All Bad” by…

changing experience for troubled teens instead of a horrible time that effects the reason of their lives in a negative way. Youth incarceration is when a young adult younger than eighteen is sentenced to serve a certain amount of time in a detention facility or an adult prison if the crime is big enough for that form of punishment. Nearly 55,000 young persons were detained in residential placements in 2013 (Child Trends, 2015). People tend to ignore youth incarceration because they view…

“My Teenager Years- Struggling with My Identity and Codependency” (age 13-19) Erik Erikson characterized adolescence as a critical period in forming an identity and proposed that adolescents experience the conflict of identity versus role confusion (Zunker, 2016; Sigelman & Rider, 2015). So, what is an identity and how does it form? Identity refers to who you are and where you fit into society. The search for finding your own identity involves many factors and questions that we all look at in…

Adolescence is the time for humans to find themselves and gain the skills that help guide who they will be in life. It is also when most people struggle with alienation. Two Asian-American boys experienced these feelings in distinctive ways. In Brian Kim’s “Arm Wrestling with Grandfather” and Shanlon Wu’s “In Search for Bruce Lee’s Grave”, themes of loneliness and role models present the reader with a unique basis for comparison and contrast. In both narratives, Kim and Wu were heavily…

“This Beautiful Life” showcased many aspects of social issues. One aspect that stood out to me is the struggles of teens in their surroundings. Teenagers are growing to figure out who they are and their surrounding, such as the people around them, has a huge influence on their discovery. They need proper guidance and discipline to follow their rightful path. Sometimes it may not be good, but with the help of Helen Schulman’s realistic characters – Jake, Daisy, and Coco, teenagers of the 21st…

It’s a regular belief that teenagers are prone to taking dangerous risks. Yet these senseless risks teens are taking may be due to the way teenagers brains are wired. These dangerous choices are the results from the brain attempting to learn and become more flexible. According to the Time Magazine article “Why the Teen Brain is Drawn to Risk” teens take dangerous risks when the dangers involved are unknown to them. However, as a human with a teenage brain, I disagree. Teenagers are aware of the…

Every young adult needs a role model in their lives, someone to look up to and learn from their experiences. Not all role models come from the real world, but rather from television. Teenagers look up to popular television stars as positive influences, and want to be like them. Dr. Meredith Grey from the television series Grey’s Anatomy is a positive influence on young adults because she is self-reliant, shows what a true friendship consists of, and is honest. The show Grey’s Anatomy follows the…