them. Imagine if the last time you saw your younger sibling/cousin you saw them‚ you see them getting escorted into a big metal cage and you watch as the door slams right in their little faces. It would be awful seeing that. Kids under the age of 16 should not go to jail‚ even if they do commit the heinous of crimes‚ because they are children. Adolescents are old enough to understand the difference between right and wrong‚ but they are too young to make the right choices yet. As Laurence Steinberg‚
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In " It’s Time to Let Teenagers Drink Again" (Time magazine May 19‚ 2014) Camille Paglia believe the rule of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act should be "repealed". Beside the right of voting‚ serving in the military or entering contracts‚ teenagers should be allowed to buy beer and wine. The author thinks the rule is restricting personal choice of teenagers. The reason that the rule was created‚ is about the increasing of drunk driving causes of traffic accidents‚ but Camille Paglia thinks it
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longer want to tell our parents things. Our lives change‚ our bodies change‚ friends change. Entering high school is hard on teens‚ but we reach a point where we want to do things on our own. All that’s on the mind of a teenager is doing things on their own. They find themselves fighting huge battle on their own‚ because they don’t want to talk to their parents. Young lives are being destroyed because they are getting the medication they need by not telling their parents and not being able to do
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Ban teenagers from tanning salons Five percent of the business at San Diego’s Hollywood Tans was from teenagers. The number of teenagers going to tanning salons is on the rise. The annual revenue brought in by teenagers using the salons has reached five billion dollars (California 1). Although it helps the tanning salon industry‚ it is a huge health threat to the teenagers. They can get sunburned which the inflammation of the skin is caused by overexposure to ultraviolet radiation. It is
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Why should not parents be strict? In every culture in the world‚ parents all have their own method to raise a child. Some of the methods are good‚ some of them are not. Every parent has the best intentions at hearts but sometimes they restrict their child unconsciously. Their strict rules don’t lead the child’s happiness. There is no doubt that parents shouldn’t be so strict. There are three main reasons why parents shouldn’t be like this such as; make that children have high self-esteem‚
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Irresponsible Parents Should Be Punished There is nothing as beautiful as the sounds of the wedding bells‚ the flowers‚ the beautiful bride and the handsome groom in a ceremony that unites them before witnesses as they become a husband and wife and eventually parents. These are normally two adults who have made a decision to get married and eventually have children. Having children is a major responsibility and so is to taking care of them until they are eighteen. These parents have a God
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Should We Live Together? 1 Should We Live Together? What Young Adults Need to Know about Cohabitation Alita Lyon Utilizing Information‚ COM 125 Professor Verdi June 17‚ 2007 Should We Live Together? 2 Should We Live Together? A Review of the Literature Cohabitation is replacing marriage as the first living together experience for young men and women. When brides walk down the aisle over half have already lived together with a boyfriend. For today ’s young adults
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SHOULD TEENAGERS BE GIVEN RESTRICTED FREEDOM? An adolescent is on the threshold of adulthood. Shouldn’t he or she then be allowed to probe the mysteries of the world all on his/her own? It is true that the modern world offers various opportunities for all age groups in every field of knowledge. At the touch of a button you can get access to harmful knowledge! While a strong willed person would keep away from such evil‚ while some may fall easy prey to them. For instance it is easy to
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until the age of 25. Teenagers also like to do pointless challenges and last of all teens don’t think of the consequences their actions might have. In many poor communities‚ they’re born into households where they commit crimes. Teenagers are like a sponge they absorb everything they see and if they see someone steal the think it’s alright to do it. Throughout many years‚ kids have been committing crimes in many states that have gotten them unreasonable sentences. Teens should be tried as teens‚ not
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Problems that Teenagers Face Today Teenagers and Body image At the very outset they are struggling to come to terms with their body image. The cherubic appearance of childhood gone‚ they are looking at strangers in the mirror‚ gawky‚ disproportionate limbs‚ facial features‚ facial hair and acne to mention a few. They don’t know what to do with their hands and legs and are often termed ‘fidgety’ Search for Identity - the troubled teenager I see teenagers as those struggling to find a place in
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