Roots of Teenage Problems

Teenagers are often known to be young people aging between 13 to 18 years old, when they are in their adolescence. They are older than kids and toddlers but younger than adults. Still, every teenager goes through education, social judgement, peer pressure and most importantly, teenage problems. Upon leafing through daily newspapers, we find ourselves overwhelmed by the number of crimes committed now days. These include rape, murder, abuse, violence or theft. The fact that was even more bewildering is that teenagers are also part and parcel of social problems.

   How do social problems and crimes relate? Allow me to explain. First, teenagers may start off by preying on weaker ones in terms of size, strength or personality in a process widely known as bully. As time goes by, their inhibitions may gradually decrease where they move on to vandalism, gangster ism, theft and cheating attempts. Upon reaching adulthood, remorse and conscience may cease to exist as an element in their personality, bringing them finally to an act of crime. Hence, it is crucial for all authorities to up the ante in order to nip the evil in the bud, where teenage problems are concerned.

   Firstly, we have to address the problem with parents. Some successful parents have high expectations of their children as they wanted them to follow their footsteps, being well-to-do or wealthy while these families that are poverty stricken expected their children to outperform themselves in order to change their grief state in the name of children's benefit, ergo, many parents tend to exert to much control upon their children and teenagers' lives, especially towards academic achievements. In some extreme cases, parents might shut off entertainment, games and occasionally, social and communication networking. By enabling more space in teenagers' timetables, parent can now attempt to squeeze and occupy them with extra classes, tuition sessions and training schedules. Unfortunately, a human mind, much less a younger one can only take so much a strain until they face a complete breakdown. Emotional quotient and behavioral activities may take a toll by becoming unbalanced and unstable. Anger, depression, pain, disappointment and confusion get bottled up, only to pour by means of vandalism and bullying as an instance.