Teenage Years
The Teenage Years
Growing up is a hard process, especially for those who are experiencing their adolescent years. Everyone who has gone through this process agrees that these years have been some of the most awkward and strangest years of their lives; the ‘teen years’ is a period of time in which the majority of people tend to have rebellious and irresponsible behavior, where it’s easy to feel isolated and where everything bad that happens is the “end of the world”. Teenagers seem to hate everything around them; they seem to always “know what’s best” and to think of adults as fake and annoying due to their beliefs and their way of speaking. On the other hand, many adults do not know how to communicate to teenagers because they have lost a certain understanding of what it’s like to be a teen.
In this paper we will discuss some of the different problems that adolescence can cause and what teenager’s feelings can be by analyzing the behavior and situation of Holden Caulfield, the main character of The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger. To begin with, this essay will concentrate on the difficulties that teenagers can have while trying to gain a sense of belonging in society and, simply, trying to fit in with a group of friends while fighting their feelings of being excluded and different from those around them. We will then discuss in detail, the link between depression with teens and the use of alcohol and drugs. Finally, we will explain why it is so important for teens to have a healthy relationship with their family and for the family to be supportive and to openly communicate with their children.
A great way to define adolescence is to call it a ‘state of confusion’ or a blur of emotions and anxiety of various issues or problems. One of the most common feelings that teenagers have is that feeling of not fitting in, whether it be society, school or their family, the issue lies on the fact that they do not know what they really want to do and
Growing up is a hard process, especially for those who are experiencing their adolescent years. Everyone who has gone through this process agrees that these years have been some of the most awkward and strangest years of their lives; the ‘teen years’ is a period of time in which the majority of people tend to have rebellious and irresponsible behavior, where it’s easy to feel isolated and where everything bad that happens is the “end of the world”. Teenagers seem to hate everything around them; they seem to always “know what’s best” and to think of adults as fake and annoying due to their beliefs and their way of speaking. On the other hand, many adults do not know how to communicate to teenagers because they have lost a certain understanding of what it’s like to be a teen.
In this paper we will discuss some of the different problems that adolescence can cause and what teenager’s feelings can be by analyzing the behavior and situation of Holden Caulfield, the main character of The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger. To begin with, this essay will concentrate on the difficulties that teenagers can have while trying to gain a sense of belonging in society and, simply, trying to fit in with a group of friends while fighting their feelings of being excluded and different from those around them. We will then discuss in detail, the link between depression with teens and the use of alcohol and drugs. Finally, we will explain why it is so important for teens to have a healthy relationship with their family and for the family to be supportive and to openly communicate with their children.
A great way to define adolescence is to call it a ‘state of confusion’ or a blur of emotions and anxiety of various issues or problems. One of the most common feelings that teenagers have is that feeling of not fitting in, whether it be society, school or their family, the issue lies on the fact that they do not know what they really want to do and
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