depression. The main social issues that affect teens today are teen pregnancy‚ peer pressure‚ teen violence‚ social media‚ and sexual orientation. Depression in teens is overlooked as hormones or a “teen attitude”. Depression is increasing at an alarming rate for teens in America. One in five teens suffers from depression. According to Mental Health America‚ the symptoms of a depressed child are as follows; poor performance in school‚ substance abuse‚ changes in eating or sleeping patterns‚ and
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If you are too young to choose‚ then lay off the booze. Youth drinking alcohol is dangerous. According to www.drinkaware.co.uk the young body is not developed enough to properly digest alcohol until the age of 20. Alcohol and youth is a safety hazard because according to the same website drinking when in your youth can cause‚ diabetes‚ liver failure and other organ failure‚ just to name a few. A young person’s brain is not fully developed until they are in their twenties. This specifically includes
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the following types of abuse: (1.1.1) • Sexual abuse Sexual abuse is the forcing of undesired sexual behaviour by one person upon another • Emotional/psychological abuse Emotional/psychological abuse may involve threats or actions to cause mental or physical harm; humiliation; voilation • Financial abuse Financial abuse is the illegal or unauthorised use of a person’s money‚ property‚ pension book or other valuables. • Institutional abuse Institutional abuse involves failure of an
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try(bad friend) Think it is cool +solution *be taught at school more carefully Government ban these product more seriously Society care more Youth drug abuse is a serious problem nowadays in many countries.Not only is illegal drug use on the rise‚but the children as young as ten years old are experimenting with alcohol and tobacco.The reasons for this behaviour are unclear‚but certain sociologists blame the examples set by their elders. It is a commonly held that young children seems
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25‚2015 Period.3 Not enough effort is put into reducing teen pregnancy rates‚ and one reason for this is that teenage pregnancy rates in the US have generally declined since the 1950’s. But that isn’t good enough‚ because despite the decline‚ the US still has one of the highest teen birth rates in the industrialized world. Teen pregnancy should be highly discouraged as it has an effect on the teenage mother and the baby that is born. The teen mother may face complications such as premature labor‚
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Research Paper: Teen Pregnancy Adolescent pregnancy has long been a societal concern‚ but in the past decade‚ this issue has become one of the most frequently cited examples of the perceived societal decay in the United States. The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the western world with approximately 1 million adolescents becoming pregnant every year (National Women’s Health Information Center). Teenagers are engaging in sexual activity‚ and at the same time they are choosing
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ALCOHOL: SHOULD IT BE ABOLISHED? Malaysia is known as the tenth largest consumer of alcohol in the world and very few studies have been done to find the accurate magnitude of the problems caused by this consumption. Although not many studies have been carried‚ the facts and figures show that it is increasing each year. Malaysians spend about USD$500 million on alcohol yearly and among the drinking population‚ the Malaysian Indians who are 8 per cent of the country’s population are
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Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers. Fourteen percent of all deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents are teenagers. Teenage deaths due to cars occur a little over fifty percent of the time on weekends. Of all teen drivers being killed in car accidents‚ forty five percent of the time there is a passenger in the car. Statistics show that 16 and 17-year-old driver death rates increase with each additional passenger. Speeding is a major factor in teenagers driving
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Causes of Alcohol Abuse The cause of alcohol abuse occurs when one becomes stressed‚ depressed‚ or peer pressured. Alcohol abuse is very common in today’s society. Most abusers are blinded to the fact that they are abusing. Abusers take a big risk with their lives when addicted to alcohol. Stress can lead to being an alcohol abuser; when people become stress‚ they tend to want an addiction to help them. Most people think alcohol is the key for relieving stress. One will want alcohol when being
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The article I read on teen suicide was fairly sad to me. What happened in the article really shined a light on the reality of bullying for me. This situation showed me that some people are bullied for no reason. In this essay‚ I will write about the aspects of bullying‚ cyberbullying‚ and I will write about Brandi Vela’s story. First‚ I would like to explain the aspects and outcomes of bullying and being bullied. A lot people think being bullied is having someone threaten to take your lunch money
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