What are the problems faced by adolescents?

Answer 1

i) Emotional tension:

Emotional development is at maximum and unstable. Self respect and personal pride make the individual emotionally bad. He expects the things to be done as he aspires.

ii) Personal appearance:

This is a significant problem. The adolescent is much worried about the appearance with modern and latest life style at any cost.

iii) Emancipation:

It is the ambition for freedom from parental sovereign. The individual hates control of the parents. He seeks identity to himself.

iv) Economic independence:

This is another problem of economic independence. Money from parents for personal expense is a major problem.

Answer 2

Todays youth is suffering because of a lack of balance in the tradition and modernisation. Either they are too modernised and forget about the culture or they are too orthodox to match up with the advancing world. People have forgot to except failures gracefully which results in suicides. They have a greed for material things which takes them down beyond any level. The desire of loosing virginity adds another dimension to it. And more importantly lack of a proper mentor is a common problem for todays youth, a mentor who can explain things to them in the language they understand and can understand their feelings also.

Answer 3

Old people are always saying that the young are not what they were. The same comment is made from generation to generation and it is always true. It has never been truer than it is today. The young are better educated; they have a lot more money to spend and enjoy more freedom. They grow up more quickly and are not so dependent on their parents. They think more for themselves and do not blindly accept the ideals of their elders. Events which the older generation remembers vividly are nothing more than past history. This is as it should be. Every new generation is different from the one that preceded it. Today the difference is very marked indeed. The old always assume that they know best for the simple reason that they have been around a bit longer. They don't like to feel that their values are being questioned or threatened. And this is precisely what the young are doing. They are questioning the assumptions of their elders and disturbing their complacency. They doubt that the older generation has created the best of all possible worlds.

What they reject more than anything is conformity. Office hours, for instance, are nothing more than enforced slavery. Wouldn't people work best if they were given complete freedom and responsibility? And what about clothing? Who said that all the men in the world should wear drab gray suits and convict haircuts? If we turn our minds to more serious matters, who said that human differences can best be solved through conventional politics or by violent means? Why have the older generation so often used violence to solve their problems? Why are they so unhappy and guilt-ridden in their personal lives; so obsessed with mean ambitions and the desire to amass more and more material possessions! Can anything be right with the rat-race? Haven't the old lost touch with all that is important in life?

These are not questions the older generation can shrug off lightly. Their record over the past forty years or so hasn't been exactly spotless. Traditionally, the young have turned to the older for guidance. Today, the situation might be reversed. The old - if they are prepared to admit it - could learn a thing or two from their children. One of the biggest lessons they could learn is that enjoyment is not sinful. Enjoyment is a principle one could apply to all aspects of life. It is surely not wrong to enjoy your work and enjoy your leisure; to shed restricting inhibitions. It is surely not wrong to live in the present rather than in the past or future. The world is full of uncertainly and tension. This is their glorious heritage. Can we be surprised that they should so often question the sanity of the generation that bequeathed it!