Teenage Issues MAMA BLOGTeenage accounts for the years between 13-19 years in human life. These years are a transition from childhood into adulthood, and it marks a number of changes in the body and mind.
The transition can be really challenging for the growing kids in the terms of social acceptance and self-image. The inability to cope up can result in self-harm and in extreme cases, suicide as well.
In this article, we will discuss some of the social issues teenagers face such as:
- Bullying: bullying is the repetitive words or actions that are inflicted upon someone to let them down. Bullying is a very common problem faced by teenagers these days.
Peers, seniors or even siblings sometimes can bully a child to make him/her guilty of a personality trait.
Making fun of something that is not under the control of a person comes under bullying and it can cause severe harm to the mental state of that person.
Teenagers who face bullying tend to shrink in their space and generally lose self-confidence.
They feel guilt of not being good enough.
- Body shaming: Body shaming is the acceptance of society towards any body type. It is not necessary that people mock someone over being obese only. Although fat shaming is more prevalent generally, skinny shaming is also something teenagers face all the time. Body shaming not only includes shaming someone over the body type,but also on their personal appearance or complexion and even hair color. It usually comes from the mindset that adopts a certain set of beauty standards.
- Peer pressure: Peer pressure is the constant social demand to match certain standards. Teenagers are vulnerable to peer pressure due to their lack of experience and exposure. They can easily get influenced by their environment where they meet their friends and class fellows.
There’s always a need for competition to become better or to set unrealistic expectations of the world because someone in the circle is asking a teenager for it.
The teenage years are generally more influenced by peer pressure because the parents or teachers aren’t providing the support, a teenager demands.
- Addiction: Substance abuse can be a part and parcel of teenage. The world is a wonderland in those vile years. The hormonal changes may demand addiction to porn, to get into drugs or any other harmful activity due to the lack of supervision from the parental side or peer pressure may kick in an urge to get into harmful activities. It is important for the guardians to keep a check on a teenager’s activities to prevent them from harm.
- Depression: All the above social problems can eventually lead to depression where a teenager cannot express what he/she feels.
Most of the teenagers get into love bonds that do not end up into what they have believed them to be. The outcome can be disastrous if there’s no proper support.
Studies are another aspect for a teenager to get depressed. The social pressure of performing a certain way in studies can lead many teenage students to mount into depression. Timely intervention of an elder, experienced person can save a lot of damage in this case.