What are the challenges that face teens these days?
1) Peer Pressure
2) Morality Issues
3) Affluence and Entertainment
The media and the world around us are flooded with advertisements, coated with sugary promises, that the things advertised will make us more beautiful, smart, attractive, successful or powerful. They make those who do not own the things which are advertised, feel inadequate, miserable and powerless. This pressurizes one into succumbing to the temptation of buying and hoarding when there is no real need. The insatiable desire to own all the 5 C’s namely, car, cash, credit card, condominium and membership’s to country clubs, is the present evil which disillusions many.
Moral values are fast changing. What was unthinkable in those days is considered normal today. Integrity has taken on a different meaning. It means different things to different people in different circumstances. There seems to be no clear demarcation between morality and immorality. The dividing line has blurred into oblivion.
Peer pressure these days is very great. Teen-age is the age where friends become more important than parents. Getting into the good books of friends, dressing alike, owning the same type of gadgets or better ones is deemed cool.
Now despite facing all the above mentioned challenges there are many teens, who, take each challenge as a learning experience and stay afloat. I marvel at their skills and am awed by their determination to succeed without trading their consciences and values. I salute every teen, who, finally emerges as a successful leader with values.
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