what is the biggest problem teenagers are facing today?
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crack,crystal meth , STD's, AIDS, war,jail,prison,death of a friend or family member,drunk drivers,school shootings and being broke
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here's my thoughts,-  there are millions of adults who \nhave been  through state/public schools, \n public schools have not addressed the major problems they have with bullying (anti social behavior), or the major problems they have with age seperation( anti social behavior),or the major problems they have with teacher student respect( anti social behavior),the major problems they have with violence( anti social behavior), and this attitude of ignoring a problem has produced decades of antisocial adults who have no idea how to react in the real world when they head off to work, or who just don't even want to bother working, who have no idea how to interact with their bosses, or interact with those who are not in their little click.( yes a percentage of them do turn out okay) but if your sucess rate is not 100% when you are dealing with other people's children, you need to seriously look at the methods you are using and learn to accomadate childrens learning styles. Don't just put your head in the sand and say this is how we've done it forever. i don't see gangs of homeschool kids rampaging the streets beating up people and stealing etc. where i do see a lot of this from gangs of public school kids, who have no hope of a good future, who have been bored out of their brains through out their school years, who were never offered the chance to study things they were good at or interested in,who were never shown by their teachers(supposed role models) any interest in their talents, who were left to struggle through what should have been the best years of their young lives, the formative years were you become great, useful,fun loving helpful people. -\n  the question should be why are schools trying to cover up their mistakes in the way they socialize kids by stating that homeschooled kids will not be socialised. I don't think anybody wants to be socialised in the schools way, which is to make everybody conform , make everybody exactly alike, make everybody follow somebodies ideas(that were introduced to the schooling system in a long dead century full of long outdated methods and attitudes.  i think its time for the school system  to step into the 20th  century and admit they way they are doing things has harmed  young people and  caused most of the anti social behavior we see everyday on our streets and t.v. if being homeschooled means children don't fit the standard  socialisation mould. i say thank goodness for that. maybe the world has some hope of survival, because these kids think outside the box and don't just follow  blindly like sheep. I think the real question we should all be asking of our schools is - what are you doing to address the problem of antisocial behavior that is being fostered by the school system. If their answer is nothing , find another school quickly before they affect your children. I think all kids are great and have massive potential,lets stop being stupid and use what ever methods work for creating talented, happy, educted children, who turn into well adjusted, forefilled adults.Anyway just my observations. keep smiling.
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Because so many teenage boys have them distracted!!
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I can honestly say as an adult that I don't think ALL teens are loud, rude and ignorant. The problem is the few that are, give teens a bum reputation.
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Well, being a teenager myself, I would say the vast majority of us are ignorant, apathetic idiots.  But there is a number of us that show promise and really do care about their education and what's going on in the world.
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They dont deal with it that why the schools are so bad now days!
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teenage marriage, teenage pregnancy, or premarital sex... if that's not good, how about the sociallly concerned topics, like the groupings between teenagers, like the popular, the geek, nerds, freaks... things like that... or if not... how about how teenagers could help in the environment or things like that?...
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IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM!!
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some teens seclude themselves, others will become violent or rebel, and others will just put themselves into some kind of activity to forget about their troubles like a sport, hobby or schoolwork. I'm sure there are other reactions, but these are three of the most common and broad reactions that i have seen.
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I think it is stress.\nI mean people are stressing kids to do well in school while still being active and adults are mad about gas prices and the troops being in Iraq (Which could be stressful on the kids too) It is just the way the world is now-a-days
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School sucks in general.  Teenagers shouldn't be forced to live at the mercy of other teenagers.  College, on the other hand, is great.  Once you get rid of the people who don't want to be there and give the student full control of their academic career, everything gets good.
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1. best option, find out what's wrong at school... it could be anything from social problems (such as bullies or romance) or educational (like being behind in math, or haveing trouble remembering history dates) possibly, although we hope not... a learning or behaviorial disability... or worse, it could be the case of a abusive teacher or administrator whom is not fit for their job.\n\nthe trick is to talk to your teenager and find out what is wrong in school then work with them, let them know you want to help them solve those issues, try real hard to keep the teen responsible without pulling too many authority cards...\n\n2. second best option: start to drive them to and from school everyday, and ask the teachers to monitor behavior... then if you catch the teen ditching ground em with a day for every hour school missed \n\n3. my personal fav but not a good or official option, smack the kid on the bottom and tell em you shouldnt have to watch after em like some lil kid ha ha ha ha ha ha (but i dont recomend this one, since i was on the receiving end... the personal fav part was sarcasm)
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Here are some articles that I find helpful when dealing with these issues.  I'm confidant you can find a lot of ideas in them!Printouts can be made & distributed to interested ones, too.\n\nHelping Teens in Trouble : Youths in Crisis\n - The Pressures Facing Youths\n - Help for Todays Youths \nhttp://watchtower.org/library/g/2005/4/8/article_01.htm *\n\nDrug Abuse in the Family--What Can You Do?\n - Young People and Drugs\n - How to Protect Your Children\n - Soon--A Drug-free World\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/g/2003/4/8/article_01.htm *\n\nWhat Hope for Today's Youths? :\n - The Tragedy of Youthful Deaths\n - Suicide--A Scourge of young People\n - When Hope and Love Vanish ...\n - When They Return\n - Motivations for Suicide\n - Some Indicators of Suicide \nhttp://www.watchtower.org/library/g/1998/9/8/article_01.htm *\n\nSuicide--Who Are Most at Risk? :\n - Suicide--The Hidden Epidemic\n - Given a Desire to Live - A Sure Hope\n - Risk Factors and Warning Signs\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/g/2000/2/22/article_01.htm *\n\nWhy So Many Lonely People?\n - Coping With Loneliness\n - When No One Will Ever Feel Lonely Again\n - What You Can Do About Loneliness \nhttp://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2004/6/8/article_01.htm *\n\nWhat Is the Purpose of Life? :\n - Is There a Purpose to Life?\n - Conditions More Difficult\n - What some famous people have said\n - The Effect of their different views \nhttp://watchtower.org/e/pr/article_01.htm\n\n*These URLs will probably be modified soon.  The new URLs can be found then, by entering the first sub-title of each in \nhttp://watchtower.org/search/search_e.htm .  New URLs for all the other titles in that series will appear on each page of the series.
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I'll try and limit my answer to just one problem.  \nStudents today are not being held responsible for their \nown education anymore. Instead society tells them it\nisn't their fault they are dumb, the teachers failed to teach\nthem. We have drifted away from self responsibility to\nblaming everyone one else.  We need to get back to\nholding the students responsible for learning which means\nthey have to come to school ready to learn. They have to\nwork hard at learning.  There are many more reasons but you asked for just one.
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I am so glad i am not a teenager today. I think our celebrity, money obsessed, vain society of these times are putting ideas in the heads of youths that unless they are cookie cutter they are worth nothing. Even as adults, we have to really look into ourselves and make sure we know who we are or we can be torn apart at the seems. Teens nowadays face so much oposition it's insane. I wish more parents would take a more active role and really stress the importance of individuality in their children. Being cool may seem the way to go, but it completely changes after high school or college. Pretty much it all comes from peer pressure though, not just fromyour freinds and peers at school, but our complete scoiety. It's very sad
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COULD BE TO MANY PROBLEMS AND NOT ENOUGH SUPPORT AT HOME FROM THE PARENTS, AND TEENS ARE JUST REACTING ON PAIN INSTEAD OF REACTING THE THE GUIDENCE AND LOVE THEY NEED
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People tend to say that the best thing you can do is show a teenager that you love them and are there for them by sitting down with them face to face and asking them what is wrong, what is troubling them.  By doing this you are showing genuine concern for them and where they are at in their life.  Don't talk to him like is a child, talk to him like he is a young man, and tell him that he can talk to you about anything and you will not get mad at him.  Let him know that this time in his life might be fraught with much confusion, and he might make bad decisions sometimes but that it will be okay as everyone makes mistakes and needs help at sometime in their life.