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Q: Imagine that you have been asked to contribute a feature article to a family magazine that aims to provide advice to parents/caregivers whose children are in the 15 to 18 year-old age group.
Write a feature article in which you:
• focus on what you see as some important youth issues;
• advise parents/caregivers on how they can best support their children.
A: TEEN TROUBLE
With hundreds of reports throughout the press documenting young driving accidents, youths abusing substances, students buckling under acaedemic pressure and teens succumbing to self-esteem issues, it is quite clear these are key problems for today's youth. However, with adequate support and guidance, these obstacles can be overcome.
Hundreds of youth are found severely injured or dead each year on our roads. Reckless decisions, inexperience and ignorance of potential consequences results in young drivers behaving perilously. It is the duty of parents to educate their children about the consequences of driving mishaps and the danger they put themselves and others in. They can also invest time into taking their children on driving lessons and inform them on the correct way to drive.
Substance abuse is yet another youth issue and its perils are escal;ting each year as numerous teenagers use illicit drugs without thought for their devastating effects. With increasedchances of heart and brain failure a possibility, parents must be extremelyvigilant in regards to substance abuse. Prevention can be achieved through ensuring children realise the risks they will be taking and by maintaining close bonds so youths do not need such an outlet.
With exceedingly high acaedemic dermands and an ever-increasing competitive atmosphere, depression due to examinations has become a common issue. Many students begin to feel helpless at times and are overwhelmed to the point of even contemplating suicide. Parents can play a supportive role and constantly remind their children that marks are not the ultimate end. Extreme pressure should not be placed upon children, especially when they are struggling.
Issues of self-esteem and self-image are at an unprecedented high as the media constantly engulfs today's youth with perceptions of unattainable beauty. It is the responsibility of parents to remind their children that beauty is but skin-deep and should not be the ultimate measure of one's worth.
Today's children are bombarded with more issues than perhaps any prior generation. Parents and children must co-operate fruitfully so as to triumph over these issues.
Criticism is great and appreciated.
