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SOCIAL PROBLEMS AMONG TEENAGERS
Monday, 17 March 2014 , 0
Assalamualaikum and hey guys! We're back with another interesting topic to be shared with all of you.
Yes, social issues will never rest and we must give a thought about these serious issues that happen around us especially among teenagers.
As a start, let us begin with the definition of social issue. In general, a social issue or social problem is an issue related to the perception of the society towards one's personal life. Social issues may involve the whole population of an area (country) or a part of the society, for instance teenagers. There are a lot of social problems that occur among teenagers such as cyber-bullying/internet abuse, teen suicide, drug abuse/alcoholism, unplanned pregnancy, and contraction of Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD). Next up, we are going to discuss about some of the listed problems.
Drug abuse is one of the serious issues that affect almost every community especially teenagers all over the world. This leads to many negative consequences for example health problems, injuries, motor vehicle accidents, suicides, violence and the worst is death. These happen as drug abuse affect the Central Nervous System (CNS), which responsible for the change in mood, levels of awareness or perceptions, and sensations. Some of the factors that lead to drug abuse among teenagers is peer pressure to experiment and curiosity. Teenage time is a period at which we are curious about many things and during this time, we are exuberant to learn and explore new things in our life. This is when the role of a friend comes into play. Due to peer pressure, some of the teenagers choose to 'try' drugs in the first place, and eventually lead to drug addiction. Temptation from conflicts is also contribute to the rise of drug abuse among teenagers as they use drugs as an escape way from the problems they are facing. Drugs are so easy accessible nowadays, thus teenagers become more and more addicted to these harmful substances.
From the chart above, it is clearly shown that the percentage of unintended pregnancies among teens is the highest, in fact it is almost doubles the number of non-teens. Unintended or unplanned pregnancy is another social problem that becoming worse among teenagers. In a simpler way, we can define this as a pregnancy that is mistimed or unwanted at time of conception. From the health aspect, if a pregnancy is not planned before conception, a woman may not be in optimal health for childbearing; and may then affect the health of the baby. Other issues that rise from the teenage pregnancy are the young woman not being able to complete her education, possibly leading to long-term unemployment, and also lack of acceptance, support and understanding from the family members and friends which put them into mental pressure.Some of the contributing factors of this problem include family conflicts, family violence or sexual abuse during childhood, low socioeconomic background, living in remote or rural areas, and even family history of pregnancies at young age.
We have looked at some of the social problems that occur among teenagers and the factors that caused them. Now we have come to the most important part of this topic which is on how we are going to solve the problems. Many parties have to work together in order to find the solutions of the social problems among teenagers.
The most crucial is the role of parents in handling their children. Parents should be able to identify the problems faced by their children as well as knowing their friends. These can be done by spending more quality time with the children and make use of the time to listen to their problems and figure out the best way to solve them together. Teenagers who are having these social problems can also be helped by using academic approach. For example, teachers or lecturers may do some changes in teaching techniques; using computer or audio-visual instead of books, to attract students' interest and thus allow them to focus on their study. The teenagers may also get involved in extra-curricular activities in school to fill up their free time, therefore they will have no time to hang around and involve in the negative activities. Appropriate counseling at school level is also another alternative that can be taken by the academicians to help the teenagers to overcome their problems. Lastly, enforcement of law by the authorities is also needed in order to control the teenagers' behavior.
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SOCIAL PROBLEMS AMONG TEENAGERS
Monday, 17 March 2014 , 0
Assalamualaikum and hey guys! We're back with another interesting topic to be shared with all of you.
Yes, social issues will never rest and we must give a thought about these serious issues that happen around us especially among teenagers.
As a start, let us begin with the definition of social issue. In general, a social issue or social problem is an issue related to the perception of the society towards one's personal life. Social issues may involve the whole population of an area (country) or a part of the society, for instance teenagers. There are a lot of social problems that occur among teenagers such as cyber-bullying/internet abuse, teen suicide, drug abuse/alcoholism, unplanned pregnancy, and contraction of Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD). Next up, we are going to discuss about some of the listed problems.
Drug abuse is one of the serious issues that affect almost every community especially teenagers all over the world. This leads to many negative consequences for example health problems, injuries, motor vehicle accidents, suicides, violence and the worst is death. These happen as drug abuse affect the Central Nervous System (CNS), which responsible for the change in mood, levels of awareness or perceptions, and sensations. Some of the factors that lead to drug abuse among teenagers is peer pressure to experiment and curiosity. Teenage time is a period at which we are curious about many things and during this time, we are exuberant to learn and explore new things in our life. This is when the role of a friend comes into play. Due to peer pressure, some of the teenagers choose to 'try' drugs in the first place, and eventually lead to drug addiction. Temptation from conflicts is also contribute to the rise of drug abuse among teenagers as they use drugs as an escape way from the problems they are facing. Drugs are so easy accessible nowadays, thus teenagers become more and more addicted to these harmful substances.
From the chart above, it is clearly shown that the percentage of unintended pregnancies among teens is the highest, in fact it is almost doubles the number of non-teens. Unintended or unplanned pregnancy is another social problem that becoming worse among teenagers. In a simpler way, we can define this as a pregnancy that is mistimed or unwanted at time of conception. From the health aspect, if a pregnancy is not planned before conception, a woman may not be in optimal health for childbearing; and may then affect the health of the baby. Other issues that rise from the teenage pregnancy are the young woman not being able to complete her education, possibly leading to long-term unemployment, and also lack of acceptance, support and understanding from the family members and friends which put them into mental pressure.Some of the contributing factors of this problem include family conflicts, family violence or sexual abuse during childhood, low socioeconomic background, living in remote or rural areas, and even family history of pregnancies at young age.
We have looked at some of the social problems that occur among teenagers and the factors that caused them. Now we have come to the most important part of this topic which is on how we are going to solve the problems. Many parties have to work together in order to find the solutions of the social problems among teenagers.
The most crucial is the role of parents in handling their children. Parents should be able to identify the problems faced by their children as well as knowing their friends. These can be done by spending more quality time with the children and make use of the time to listen to their problems and figure out the best way to solve them together. Teenagers who are having these social problems can also be helped by using academic approach. For example, teachers or lecturers may do some changes in teaching techniques; using computer or audio-visual instead of books, to attract students' interest and thus allow them to focus on their study. The teenagers may also get involved in extra-curricular activities in school to fill up their free time, therefore they will have no time to hang around and involve in the negative activities. Appropriate counseling at school level is also another alternative that can be taken by the academicians to help the teenagers to overcome their problems. Lastly, enforcement of law by the authorities is also needed in order to control the teenagers' behavior.
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