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The Dilemma of

Being a Teenager

‘’The period of time in life in which your whole life have an option not to use it but that would be unrealistic
is controlled by another human being.’’. ‘’The most just like forcing them to stay in a room during their high
supreme torture in a form that most humans can school. They are constantly exposed to violence at an
understand’’. ‘’The stage between being a teenager and early age without the ability to process what they are
an adult.’’. The Urban Dictionary defines adolescence seeing. Innocence and childhood are cut short while
in various ways. Even though we all go through this adulthood is still many years away.
troubled time in our lives, not everyone can understand Maybe a few decades ago, even after coming home from
the psychology behind the adolescent mind and it’s a troubled day in school, kids could feel safe at home.
behaviour. This problem is caused mainly because of the But now they can be judged, humiliated and bullied
cultural difference between generations. Parents think of even at the comfort of their own house. Technology
their children as how they used to be, teachers think it has made bullies even more courageous when it gave
is all set and stone and refuse to change strategies and them a tighter mask to hold onto called anonymity.
unfortunately teenagers have no idea what is happening Cyber bullying does not require big muscles and a mean
to them. Moreover, instead of trying to help them face. Another thing that is different from the society our
understand this confusing period better, they force parents lived in, is that we cannot define these bullies
these poor children to fit into their own description of ‘’bad’’ or ‘’good’’ people anymore since most of them
being a teenager which does not apply to the definition are drawn into peer pressure. They believe they have to
of the modern society. humiliate the underdogs just to be a part of something
special. ‘’Kill or be killed’’ is now more than just a rule
Despite many benefits, being a teenager in today’s of the wild jungle.
world is very hard. Teenagers face many challenges,
making right decisions, choosing right environment When we look into these situations we also need to
and people, and expressing emotions and etc. Today, understand what is going on inside their brains as well
teenagers are easily called as oversensitive and they since the teen years are a period of such important
are babied. Though, to some extent, this criticism is not neural reorganisation and change that affects who
wrong, if looked closely, they have challenges that could they seem to be. Hormones coursing around their
be difficult for anyone. They are living in a completely bodies cause obvious physical changes as they take
different world, as compared to life a few decades ago. on the appearance of adults but out of sight their
The constant exposure is one of the most pressing brains are undergoing equally monumental changes.
challenges teenagers go through these days. In the These changes profoundly affect how they behave and
internet world, there is a constant stream of knowledge react to the world around them. A simple experiment
and information. You might want to say that these kids run by Ricky Savjani helps this argument. They asked

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