What issues do young adults struggle with in their lives?
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I feel that the young adults are nieve in this world. Kids are not being guided by their parents anymore. When they are faced with adult issues and get into trouble they don't know where to go for guidence or help and everyone is too eager to throw them in jail and throw away the key.\nParents really need to be there for their kids and show them how to be better people and then the "struggle" is less of a struggle
154629
difficulties: additional responsibilties, taxes, and working\nBenefits: freedom, the power to effectively make a difference, greater respect from other adults\n(somehow benefits was harder for me to answer:-P)
1032552
I think the problem lies with the fact that many people who are in charge of those types of decisions are out of touch with what young adults actually face after high school. They spend all their time focusing on entrance requirements to college that they forget to cover practicle subjects like personal finance with the few exceptions of offering it as an elective.
1135927
It's not just 'young people' doing it, all age groups have a problem with it.  It's a societal problem not just one of the young.
352455
Develop coping strategies help them understand the idiosyncrasies in everyday life.
244100
Because most trouble is caused by teenagers. Adults can't trust kids, they think they are too young to understand things and just want to against everybody even they know it's not right. They just wanna make adults pay some attention and impress other teenagers that they are cool. That's what I think.
611723
Struggling with what?
50398
They're not just affecting you. These types of things affect everybody. It's how eveyone handles these problems that is different.\n\nThe best first step you can take in beginning to deal with these problems is to refuse to accept a "victim" role. Things happen, and life isn't just looking to pick on you. Empower yourself with the belief that you CAN change things. Remember that it won't be an overnight fix, and it won't be easy. But if you don't step up to the plate on your own behalf, anything can and will defeat you.\n\nI wish you luck and good will.
247804
yup I think everyone goes through this phase most people call it like an identity crisis, some people say it's depression, how I see it is well really more like a situation some lead to catch 22's and some you really have to think to solve, my advice is do what makes you feel happy, if you want to streak down the block go for it hope your a fast runner though or get a fat cop next to Krispy Kremes but really it's not good to look at this in a down sort of way, I mean most people look at Einstein he didn't really know he was going to solve E=MC2 he just figured it out one day. Everything will come to you eventually and you'll find out, I've got the same problem, I am 23 and haven't even started college yet...so just take it a day at a time a live it like each day is your first and you'll make it ;)
1082553
It's hard to be young, especially in the big city. The conflict between a youth (or youths) and the society they find themselves in can lead to tragic results.
1127769
People would rather group all of us together and assume that all young adults cause trouble instead of trying to judge us equally. Many also assume this because they judge us inexperienced and irresponsible. There is the problem that some young people are irresponsible and reckless too. Elder adults are not willing to take the time to differentiate between those who are responsible and those who can not be trusted.Our generation must learn from this error in judgment and attempt not to repeat it.
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You could suggest that he concerns himself with what issues appeal to or are important to young people, fashion, music, money, study, the cost of higher education, debt, career planning, buying a home, savings, pensions, healthcare, sexual health, travel. The you might suggest how he could try and improve issues which worry young people to make the future seem less gloomy. You could also suggest he works on his own image which is a bit dull and boring after all!
1062120
it is not that life is difficult but how we deal with and find solutions to our difficulty.
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Dear 070707bride,\n\nI think Messier here is very much on the mark. In a word, everything is a big problem. Let me break it up into a few main themes to make it easier.\n\nMATERIAL MATTERS: We are a generation where employment opportunities are much fewer and competition much stronger than in the past. My father managed to rise to a very rewarding position inside a multinational corporation with no university education. This would practically be unthinkable today. Instead we are having to spend much more time and money on education and obtaining qualifications. We are independent much later than our parents, and feel great guilt for that.\n\nCompetition has been exacerbated by the massive entrance of women into the job market, for instance: this is a good thing, but the problem now is that the demands of the economy make it very difficult to have a materially satisfying home life with only one income-earner. There is nothing wrong with being a housewife or househusband: but economic as well as cultural constraints (this condition is marginalised and ridiculed nowadays) mean that people who want to do it (for the sake of the children, their own development, etc) no longer can.\n\nThe concept of rewarding, life-long careers is also disappearing because small and medium enterprises are vanishing to the profit of huge organisations with little or no personal connection to their employees - the economy is also increasingly fast and virtual, so this means that these same organisations are under pressure to report results at a frantic rate and will not hesitate to effect massive redundancies to meet short-term financial targets.\n\nFinally, the price of real estate is ridiculously high, which means young people can no longer afford their own home and will have to wait for many years to get it. All this has a direct impact on the next theme:\n\nHOME LIFE: Since both partners in a household need to work nowadays, stress levels skyrocket and partners tend to offload it upon each other. There is no longer solace in the home, which leads to a great strain on relationships in general and a breakdown in mental health. One in 10 people is supposed to suffer from mental illness nowadays (twenty years ago it was one in 10,000) and it is no coincidence that the average age for a first depressive episode is the mid- to late 20s.\n\nBecause the condition of household manager has been discredited (see above), there is no longer a choice in priorities and everyone is supposed to be both a career enthusiast and a competent house manager at the same time. This is an unprecedented strain in the history of home life.\n\nThis is also bad for children, obviously, since there is no choice but to leave them in the hands of nannies or daycare centres, thus leading to a great neglect in upbringing and a constant sense of guilt for the parents. This also means that we have a poor birthrate, because we have to wait much longer than our own parents to enjoy the material means to start a family. Women especially now only have a tiny window of opportunity to have children before it's too late.\n\nIDENTITY: We Generation Xers face a permanent existential crisis. We were born in the midst of a general downfall of practically all existing human institutions. We are the generation that saw the collapse of communism, the demise of Enlightenment values, the breakdown of national identities under the influence of globalisation, the return of religious fanaticism and the triumphant excesses of a devil-may-care consumer society. As a result, the cultural landmarks that previous generations defined themselves by are not there for us. We are at a true crossroads in human values.\n\nSome have accused us of wanting everything now, but we cannot be entirely blamed for that - we are after all the generation that has been most overexposed to drivelling and relentless advertisement campaigns urging us to want and be everything now, this minute. By heeding this propaganda, our
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Unfortunately some people may have a disorder and not realize it and sometimes seeing symptoms and stuff helps them recognize. I am sure some people that love someone with a disorder are not sure what to do or where to go for help, this could be a place to help find some support. Eating disorders affect many, many people in this country. A lot of people only think of anorexia and bulimia when they think about eating disorders, but there are others, binge eating without purging, overeating is another one. Obesity can be a result of an eating disorder, which is a HUGE problem in this country ( no pun intended). Eating disorders overall create a huge strain on our medical system, which in return we pay for when we see our health premiums go up. So many reasons are there. I think it is a major problem effecting our youth and unfortunately so many young people today do not feel comfortable first talking with and adult about their issues and turn to the internet. While I believe this is a sad state that the youth today cannot talk to their parents and that they will probably be given some wrong information on the internet, my hope is that if having a place to ask questions, read about treatments and get support helps just 1 person then it was worth talking about.
1047916
I know many people would be delighted to answer your question, but we need you to be more specific. What is your personal experience with whatever is troubling you, and what exactly are you talking about?
577399
It must be hard to have your problems.