What is the hardest thing facing teenagers today?

Don't just give me a peer pressure or drugs answer.. I want to know why you think that.What is the hardest thing facing teenagers today?
I honestly think its the expectations the prior generations have for us. All the adults expect us to grow up to be these perfect people that will fix all their problems once they're rolling around in their wheelchairs. There is so much pressure put on us to do well in school and make something of ourselves that sometimes it's hard for us to just sit back and have fun being young.What is the hardest thing facing teenagers today?
I definately think it is the pressure of the media. As a young woman, images of super skinny, impossibly attractive women are pushed at us as a standard of beauty. Only thin actresses are given roles in movies (unless you are the token ';fat girl';), tiny celebrities are being hailed as godesses and being tall and almost anorexically thin is the only way to model. Even boys are being pushed by the media - the pressure to be 'built', fit and muscular is as big of an issue in boys as skinniness is in girls. I am an average sized girl, but because of the media, I sometimes hate my body. I know that it is the same for millions of girls all over the world, which is why I believe this issue is the hardest thing facing teenagers today. You may also want to check out anorexia nervosa, bulimia, body dysmorphic disorder and chronic exercise sites to back up this information, as the rates of these disorders has increased exponentially as this issue has grown itself.
I think that it really depends on where you live. In western society peer pressure, cutting, alcohol, and drugs are a major issue for teens. I think that these things are merely tools for the emotionally distraught and/or thrill seekers.





In adolescence there are a number of things happening physically and mentally that can influence why people do the things they do. Our brain develops and we become more knowledgeable and conscious. We question things and explore possibilities. Teens feel invincible and don鈥檛 necessarily think things through.





In other parts of the world disease, starvation, war, abandonment, or natural disasters also affect teens as they would any human.





Personally I would say that finding your feet can be the hardest thing facing a teenager no matter where you live. You are influenced by all of your surroundings and they are more often than not difficult. Discovering your limits and who you want to be in this life.





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Cheers!
I was a teenager more than 40 years ago, so I've seen a lot of changes over the years. I think the hardest thing facing a teenager these days is wanting to grow up too quickly! I've read many stories about teens in high school having big relationship problems! Kids 15,16,17 and 18 years old getting into arguments over who another person is seeing or talking to! Teens hurting themselves or someone else because their girlfriend or boyfriend broke up with them. Kids this age should be having fun and enjoying life, not worrying about who's dating who and who said what about somebody! Their main concern should be studying and preparing for college! There will be plenty of time for a more serious relationship after you're in college. Teens today want everything now! Of course you can't place all the blame on them because most of their parents are the same way! Kids in high school today are driving fairly new vehicles. My first car cost me $350 back in 1965! I drove it for 3 years before I got a better vehicle. My father never owned a new car until he was 60 years old! Teens now days sit in front of a computer for hours rather than go outside and play baseball, football or basket ball. When they do go out, they hop in their car, motorcycle or moped. Very few will hop on a bicycle or walk somewhere like we used to do. Times have surely changed, but I'm not convinced it's all for the better! I was taught values and respect when I was a teen. Earn your way through life. Now it's get what you can, as much as you can, for as long as you can!
The ever-looming future. The one thing they pretend not to care about, it's always there in the back of my mind, how everything will work out. i dont pretend i dont care about my future i actually do care because i wanna be somebody my friends and family ook up to for help cause i like helping people. i really wanna be a pro-baseball player because i really wanna help poor people caue i hate to see people asking for hepl and money makes me cry andalso when i see family of friends cry it like i im them cause i can feel what they feel. but i think its mostly drugs and peer presure. peer presure starts by getting hold of drugs for being curious and drugs start buy peer preasure towards others. and its a cycle over and over.
Their old fashion parents who do not realize this is the 21st century where kids are becoming more themselves, more free and a lot more aggressive towards what they believe in. Just because a teen thinks and dresses differently, does not make them ';rebellious';, just makes them different. This word rebellious is being ignorantly used by many parents in place of ';seeking their true identity';, which might not be in accordance with what their parents dreamed about.





A teenager should be taught the basic Godly foundation, and society moral respect. They can take care of themselves from that point on, regardless of their choice in music, their dressing, their hairstyle, their piercing of ears, etc....these are just ways they ';experiment'; till they find their true self and this process is not always accepted by parents, yet is a very important one that must be crossed before reaching maturity.
The hardest thing for teens is not knowing how to deal with disappointment. Their self-efficacy is virtually non-existant and they have a huge sense of entitlement. This won't get them very far when it comes to the adult world.
Making sure they fit in. Oh, being part of a clique is a huge thing for teenagers nowadays. They have to feel accepted. And, God help Julie if she doesn't accept the friend request from Sylvia. There will be hell to pay the next day.
The ever-looming future. The one thing they pretend not to care about, it's always there in the back of my mind, how everything will work out.
Staying focused on the future. Too many distractions in the present.
...What isn't the hardest thing?


Eh, I'm 17 and my biggest problem is not having any friends and feeling like I should die or something...
Fitting in with everyone else and finding a clique. Just feeling excepted really