Why Teenagers Indulge in the Negative and What You Can Do to Help

Young people today indulge in drugs, sex, and a rock star-like lifestyle due to curiosity that is born through the media and the lack of parents doing their parental duties. The youth of today have to deal with much more frustration due to intense social or academic expectations and pressures than ever before in history. There are many more broken homes today which can cause a young person to not be able to enjoy their youth. Conforming to the rock star type of lifestyle is a form of escape, from all of the pressures that young people have to deal with nowadays. The rock star mentality is one of not caring and just doing what feels good. Adults need to take more responsibility for the way our youth is turning out.

They're more opportunities for young people to make something of themselves today than there has ever been, but our teachers are not being teachers. They show up to do a job, and collect a paycheck. This is not true about all teachers, but it does apply to a lot of them. It's understandable that many young people are difficult to deal with, but instead of throwing them out of class when they do something a teacher doesn't like, that teacher should take some time to talk to that young person, and try to establish some kind of understanding between them. Young people are giving up more and more because adults and teachers are giving up on them much quicker and more often nowadays.

The reason young people seem to be seeking an escape and indulging in things like drugs and sex is because a lot of young people are expected to act like adults in many situations, but still get treated like children in other situations. It is the adults that are confusing them and making things difficult on them. Adults need to realize that things are not the way they were years ago when they were young. So instead of putting so much pressure or having such high expectations of a youngster, adults should try to learn or get to know them. You never know what someone is going through no matter what age they are, and young people will take it to heart when you are insensitive to them.

Some 17-year-old's are more mature than some 27-year-old's. A person should not be disrespected or be treated a certain way just because their younger or older. The same respect should be given to both and instead of being so quick to punish the young person, the person of authority should try to find out what is going through that young person's head. Some teachers in the junior high and high school levels will discipline a student faster because they don't like something about that student and that's not fair. Every student should be given an opportunity to be understood before they are punished. When and if adults began to step up we will see more young people become successful adults.