Problems Faced by Teenagers

When a child becomes a teenager, he reaches an interesting point in life where he faces a number of internal and external problems. Not only is he in limbo between being both a child and a young adult at the same time, but he faces new pressures from society and his peers to do different things or feel certain ways about his life and his responsibilities.

  1. Peer Pressure

    • Once your child reaches his teenage years, he and his friends have a lot of new-found responsibilities and freedoms. At times, it is hard for a teen to decide what is the right thing to do in certain situations. On one hand, his peers want to do nothing but have fun and enjoy every aspect of their freedoms; on the other hand, he knows he has a reputation of responsibility to uphold in order for you to continue trusting him. Learning to say no to his friends and peers or to some of the activities they take part in is one of the most difficult lessons he will learn.

    Body Image Insecurity

    • According to Marketing Daily, teens have a buying power of over $200 billion. Marketers use this knowledge to aim their marketing campaigns at this demographic with such a high level of disposable income. They use beautiful, skinny young people living happy, perfect-looking lives to sell their products. While most teens are working their way through the awkward changes of puberty, they're fed images of people their own age who have no problems and maintain a perfect body. This gives rise to the insecurities felt by teenagers about their bodies in this time of physical transition from childhood to adulthood. They feel like they need to attain a level of physical perfection that is impossible for most people.

    Dating

    • Dating acts as both a confidence booster and a source of insecurity for many teens. It also presents pressures for sex that many teens aren't ready to handle. A girl who always has a boyfriend my have self-confidence in her looks, but may feel inadequate in other areas of her life like academics. On the other hand, a girl that never has a boyfriend in her teenage years may feel like she is physically unattractive or somehow not worth the attention of the opposite sex.

    Acne

    • According to WebMD, nearly 100% of people will experience acne in one form or another during their teenage years. To teens, acne is one of the most frustrating, confidence-deflating things that can happen to them. Because it places blemishes all over their faces, it gives them the feeling of having an ugly face and being unattractive--something that no teen wants, especially when they're exposed to images of individuals with perfectly clear faces on a daily basis.

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