PROBLEMS ADOLESCENTS FACE

Everybody go through adolescent stage in this world. Adolescents come across a lot of problems in their life. When we reach adolescent stage, we will go through some changes. They are physical and emotional changes. When we go through the physical changes, we will see it within us. When we go through emotional changes; we will feel it in our body.

As we are adolescent, we feel strong love for someone. We should love them us our friends, not to love them us our boy or girl friend. If we think that they are our boy or girl friend, we will think negative always. If we think that they are our friends or neighbors, we may think positive. If we think negative it may lead us to bad things. When this occurs, both adolescent   of male and female may think to have sex with their boy or girl friends. If both adolescent have unprotected sex, it may lead to sexually transmitted diseases. If this occurs it may spread diseases such as HIV/AID and Gonorrhea. If female adolescent have sex, it may lead to pregnancy and early child birth. Teenage pregnancy will cause her to drop out of school.

Another problem adolescent’s face is that most of the time we like to venture and do new things. We always want to adventure into new areas of life. This ends most teenagers and adolescents to have bad habits like insults people, engaging in pre- marital sex, smoking and stealing. Some adolescents also find it very difficult to be themselves and say no to the pressure from their peers. Most of the time because you want them to like you, you will end up doing bad things.

Some adolescents also would like to look like other rich ones so they may go to do things that will make them be equal. Some steal money to buy clothes, shoes and other things they may need. When these bad activities go on for a long time, they become part of your character. But you should know that characters and habits are hard to change in adult life. So b careful of the things you do today. Adolescent problems are always there, but your ability to manage them will make you a good person in future.

BY

SADAT AHMADUN

Achiaman M/A Primary School