...Eillan Jennings Professor Annie Murray English 1550 Research Essay 18 November 2011 Does Anyone Really Know How Parents and Teenagers Co-exist? Well I know anyone can relate to having an argument or two with their parents over the course of time but does understand how that the adolescent stage of a person’s life is this most important stage of their life. I believe personally that parents should allow their teenagers the freedom to make their own decisions because of the circumstances that will be soon to come. I am writing this essay to describe why teenagers should be able to express their rights as adults. Either the term close restriction or freedom of expression, of the young teenage mind is meant for some than the other. We are all lucky that we live in a country where freedom becomes a right and I believe that along with conducting themselves responsibly that teenagers should be able to express themselves and be able to experience the freedom they will receive in adulthood, which is expressed into greater detail in the news article “Psychologist Explains Teens’ Risky Decision-Making Behavior” from sciencedaily.com which elaborates on why teenagers have the tendencies that they have. Well as anyone can relate everyone we know in one way or another was raised differently from each other, including myself in their matter. But we all have one thing in common, we feel that at times it is wrong for a certain person to be dictate our lives as if we had no way of being...
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...and health-affecting habits. Middle adulthood differs from young adulthood in social needs (although the basic need for socialization remains the same), and represents a shift in attitude about relationships and vocations that moves from fluidity to stability. Health practices are also at work here, with factors such as diet, exercise, and drug use in young adulthood impacting middle adulthood later on. Erikson believed that people need constant contact with others throughout their lives, from birth to death, whether that contact is romantic intimacy or a relationship with friends and family. In romantic relationships, young adults tend to be “serially monogamous” [ (Berger, 2010) ], or remaining emotionally or sexually involved with only one person for a period of time, though the relationship is rarely permanent, and the young adult may have many of these relationships during this stage of his or her life. This is typical for the age group, which is characterized by an unwillingness to commit permanently to a job, a spouse, or even an educational program. Young adults today are markedly different from young adults in the previous generation, in that they marry later and may not start families or enter a permanent vocation until they are well into middle adulthood, or around their late twenties or early thirties; this is in part due to greater life expectancy and more accessible birth control, allowing young adults to experiment before settling down to permanency [ (Berger...
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...has always been important, mainstream acceptance of plastic surgery has created a society that values appearance over ability. Teenage girls and middle-aged women seek acceptance based on their appearance in all aspects of their lives. Teenage girls want to be the prettiest and the thinnest due to the pressure of society and their peers. Middle aged women pursue plastic surgery in hopes of enhancing their looks and looking younger than what they are. Today’s society is so centered on appearance that it can be very misleading to the minds of young girls and women. There are images of female bodies everywhere in today’s society. Women are used to sell everything from cars to food. Television and big screen movie actresses are typically tall, young looking and thin. The majority of these famous women have used some type of fad diet or practiced mal nutrition. There are articles everywhere urging women and young girls to lose weight. They make claims that beauty and the perfect body will provide the perfect marriage and rewarding lifestyles. Beauty truly is only skin deep. One cannot achieve what they desire based on their looks alone. You can turn on the TV or open any magazine such as US Weekly and see the latest cosmetic surgery that some actress recently underwent. There are publications everywhere promoting what’s new in the world of cosmetic surgery. If you type in “cosmetic surgery” in Google, you will come up with an astonishing number...
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...she declares that all the teenagers she knew had profiles on facebook. The writer of this article wonders about how much leeway teenagers should have at home. She uses these two examples above to remind parents of teenagers, to be on guard at all times. She claims teenagers are not young adults, even though they try to come across as mature and sophisticated. Furthermore the parents should not be fooled by this because they are still in their formative years. They are not psychologically and mentally competent enough to deal with big decisions or responsibility .A Mrs. Johnson, local therapist, claims that one should be firm when dealing with teenagers. She urges parents of teenagers to show respect, and honesty in their dealings with them. Furthermore, to always remember that teenagers are still in the formative years. That they should never give in to demands of instant gratification. That there should be open communication and press upon them that every action has consequences and to be very involved in the life of these teenagers in a way that would not breed resentment. She describes hard it was, to allow her own daughter, even though legally an adult, to go on her own. She adds that adults should always look ahead. These problems with teenagers are not forever.. . Julie Baumgatner(JB)`s view on the upbringing of teenagers seems a bit unrealistic. We all know that children lie, teenagers lie and parents do lie. Sometimes a lie is necessary as...
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... the easier it becomes for online predators to victimize them. According to Richard M. Guo, “an online sexual predator is someone who uses the internet to sexually exploit vulnerable individuals, typically under-aged youths” (“Stranger Danger and the Online Social Network”). Online predators use many ways to lurk in young individuals. One of those ways are by impersonating someone. For example, the predator would pose as a younger teenager to appeal to other young teenagers. Then they would follow up by striking up conversations with those young teenagers in hopes of building up a certain trust level which would lead to easy access for the predator to attack the young teen. Having access to victimize the individual can lead to many outcomes. Those outcomes includes date rape, kidnapping, and sex trafficking. The way the predator would go about committing one of those outcomes is by asking the teen to meet up somewhere as a friendly invite. In the end their intention would be to harm the teen. The predator can also the threaten or blackmail the teen into doing what they say to do. Predators use a variety or tricks to get what they want from young teenagers. When it comes to social media, there are plenty of steps one can take to assure maximum safety. Utilizing privacy settings is an efficient way to monitor who can view a profile (“Online Predators”). By making a profile private, strangers would not be able to send messages. When keeping a profile private...
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...Jessica K Hirsch Family of Woodstock Paper May 5,2014 Professor Joyce Yip Green Family of Woodstock is more than a gate away for teens and young adults; it’s the exact opposite. As and interviewee for the upcoming position here at the organization, I would like to give you my full appreciation and any knowledge or reasoning of why I applied. When looking at what organization that I should apply for after getting my degree in human service, I was lending more to helping those young people of our country. Reading and learning what this organization has to offer for the young adolescents that are in need as well as the young adult, I felt right at home to where I need to provide my skills. Here is a little bit of what amazed me and what I appreciated this organization for. Preparing an organization is hard, understanding the needs of others and what they possess more of is difficult unless one has a heart for it. As the organization of Family of Woodstock began, the founders found several factors that led them to create such an inspirational organization. From learning and understanding exactly why young teens and adults just decided to escape the confines of the world they were living in and helping them get the proper material they need had to be grateful thought out. Once the problem was recognized, there were actual reasons to plan an organization that would help provided needs and materials...
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...cancer sufferer, protagonist and narrator, lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she is forced by her overprotective mother to go to cancer support groups as an effort to meet friends. The bond demonstrated between Hazel and her mother was both a believable and a relatable mother-daughter relationship. It is at this support group, that Hazel meets her best friend and first love, Augustus Waters. Their relationship shows how much more meaningful life can be if you have someone to share important experiences with. It also amplifies that although the couple is young and both have suffered from hardships, including cancer, it does not get in the way of the pair building a relationship, a skill that many could learn from. Throughout the novel, Hazel does not let the illness that she has been marked with stop her from having goals or dreams. It is shown through the authors writing style, that the target audience is young adults. John Green is able to do this successfully by having the story told through the eyes of an adolescent, creating the tone and dialogue as though it is told by a teenager, making it relatable to a younger audience. The dialogue between Hazel and her love interest, Augustus, is both romantic and playful, when Augustus...
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...Teens at Risk By Robert Morris My book is about teens at risk in life. It talks about the violence, pregnancy, what happens to them when there is no father, and drug and alcohol. I have a lot of friends who go thru this in life. Its mess up that’s teens go thru this in life. All they need is mentor, somebody that will talk to them about the bad stuff in life. . First, pregnancy is really bad in teenage life. A lot of them have babies in their teenage life. Most teenage mothers are single and receive no support from the father. They might end up having another baby and not thinking and make another mistake. Most of them don’t finish high school cause of all the work they have to do with the baby and it be stressing them out all the time. Then sometimes people don’t get help from the family and they get really mad. They should have had second thoughts before they did it. If they just wait until they get out of school and get a good job they will be ok having a child. Second, then you got drugs and alcohol. This is also bad for teens and have of them don’t know what they putting their self into when they do drugs and alcohol. Then when teenagers start smoking cigarettes then they will go to a store and buy some without showing proof of age. All stores should always ask for a id when somebody buy stuff like that because you don’t know who you selling them things to. Sometimes teenagers will have someone that’s older go in the store and have someone buy them some...
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...The video demonstrate that the new generation of games (the virtual world games) are heavily being addicted by the young adults and teenagers, the new generation of games could have uncountable consequences after they are being drawn into worlds that looks much similar to the real world. Some of the teenagers committed a suicide because of an addiction to a virtual world game, these new generation of games make the teenagers addicted to the game, less sociable, lazy, and psychological problems. As these games are increasing dramatically in the market and online, more teens are becoming addicted to it by spending tremendous time of their life's playing these games .As these games have no end , they are driving out the young adults as well as the adults into another world of fantasies and illusion ,which make a totally new perception in the gamers heads ,and this could lead the teenagers to be unrealistic ,thinking only in the terms of the game, and as a conclusion, it will cause the teenagers and also the adults to stop thinking about their education or work which is the more important thing in this age, wasting time on a useless things instead of reading a book for example or doing an activity like playing a sport physically. These games could a severely impact their behavior and personality, the teenager and especially the young children's might become more violent, love to hurt other people ,and might give them the motivation to make illegal things since these games stimulates...
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...games, the dances, the people (sometimes), the clubs, my teachers, my friends, the list goes on. I probably liked high school more than a teenager usually does (I wasn't as eager to leave at graduation time as everyone else seemed to be). Throughout high school, judging by myself and all of my dynamic peers, it never once occurred to me who was 'typical" and who was not. However even at nineteen, my perception of a "typical" American teenager is the same as it was when I was seventeen: angst-y, dramatic, gossipy, party-hungry, and sexual. So if I was still in high school and had the same image of a "typical" teen as I do now, yet no one around me really embodied it, why did I have that image? Stereotypes. It is because of stereotypes that adults, and yes, even teenagers believe that said traits are what the typical American teenager embodies. There are stereotypes that classify 'cliques' in high school, and imply that all schools have cliques, but the main stereotype of "typical" teens seems to be one that groups all teens together under a view similar to mine of a "typical" teenager. These stereotypes are perpetuated mainly through media: movies, books, songs, and even news. They paint a picture of a teen who is, in my opinion after my own experiences and especially after watching American Teen, not very accurate. Having been an American teen, and being around them for so many years, I never saw myself nor anyone I knew to embody the stereotype that is the "typical" American teen...
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...Protecting Our Teenagers in the Workforce We are living in a society that is very sexually charged, everything we see from commercials to entertainment is all geared toward sex. Our teens are working in an environment that is much different than what we worked in. “One in three teenagers have reported to being sexually harassed at work” (Cover, 2013). The legal definition of sexual harassment is unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical contact (Noe, 2011). There are different types of sexual harassment so it is important that teenagers are aware of these. Some include sexual bribery, sexual coercion and sexual advances. The Equal employment opportunity commission (EEOC) has developed a web site that can help teens understand their rights, give examples of sexual harassment and even have a link to help file a claim. The EEOC has created a website that is just for teen in the work force. It’s called Youth at Work and it can be found at www.eeoc.gov. I think that this is a very good website for teens. It is very user friendly and the links are very defined. There is a list of frequently asked question listed at the bottom, along with an example of a sexual harassment. This list can help any teen that may or may not be sure if they have been harassed. The EEOC website is a great tool for any teenage employee help understand their rights as a working indivual. Working with teens can be a very hard job sometimes, getting them...
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...different shades of liquid foundation | 2. larger variety for natural look to skin tone | 2. Provides a professional and appropriate natural look in the workplace | | | 3. All day long wear formula | 3. Long lasting makeup that doesn’t smear | 3. Works for parents who are always on the go. | | | 4. Anti-Aging formula | 4. Reduces wrinkles in mature consumers | 4. Makes mothers and middle aged women look and feel younger. | | | 5. Bundled Discounted prices | 5. Affordable products grouped together | 5. Most millennials are on a budget and are always looking for low prices. | | Target Market 2Teens | 1. 2 in 1 liquid foundation | 1. Convenience in application of product | 1. Easier for younger inexperienced women to put on | These young girls are very impressionable to new makeup habits and products, which gives CoverGirl the opportunity to start building brand loyalty when it matters most. We want to increase the sales of our products to teens by at least 8% and we will by targeting these features and benefits. | | 2. 36 shades of color lipstick | 2. Provides a selection of options to choose from | 2. Younger market loves being different and having more to choose from | | | 3. Medium to full coverage foundation | 3. assist in coverage of acne | 3....
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...Luis Miguel D. Velasco 3-J English I. Research Topics : Social media plays a crucial role in a teenager’s life. II. Thesis Statement : Social media reveals the true character or identity of a teenagers either be popular or full of negative feedbacks, these highly affect how teen’s look and value their lives. III. Research Proposal : A. Research Purpose 1) To observe if teens get distracted with schooling (grades/academics) 2) To determine if teens struggle with friends in school and outside (social events & extra-curricular) 3) To identify how teen’s look at life (affected, positive or negative) due to social media. B. Research Questions 1) Do online social networks corrupt values and morals of a teen or every social media user in general? 2) Do teenagers be cautions in posting or sharing information about themselves in social networks? 3) Do teenagers spend more time browsing & surfing social media networks rather than studying academics for school? 4) Does social media affect relationships between children / teenagers and their parents? 5) Can cyberbullying be present to teens in social media networks? IV. Annotated Bibliography Subject guides. (2015, February 3). Retrieved February 17, 2015, from http://subjectguides.fortlewis.edu/content_mobile.php?pid=435944&Sid=3604900 Niemer, E. (2012, February 1). Teenagers and social media. Retrieved February 17, 2015, from http://www.alive.com/articles/view/23615/teenagers_and_social_media ...
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...Equine Therapy for Trouble kids and Handicapped Children Equine riding is not just for a person owning a horse. There is one type of therapy that usually contains people or animals, it is animal-supported therapy is a therapeutic approach that brings animals and individuals with physical and/or emotional needs together to perform the therapy. Today there are programs out there that help kids that are in trouble with the law, or come from broken homes, or even children that have autism or even Down syndrome. Horses are a great source for therapy and bonding. There are many types for programs out there to help these children. Lots of them are non-profit organizations and relay on donations. Therapeutic riding programs for disabled children has been around for a while. Some of these programs are ran from charities and are non-profit organizations. These programs help kids build muscle and balance. Equestrian therapy is particularly applied to children with Attention Deficit Disorder, a delay in mental development, autism, or anxiety, or even dementia. Genetic syndromes and Down syndrome, trauma from brain injuries, and other health issues. Muscle tone is one physical aspect of a disabled child that needs to be corrected and learning to ride a horse can provide the needed healing for this muscle defect. There for riding a horse would teach the child to balance his or her body while enjoying the experience of riding a horse. The lack of having coordination...
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...continue to understand it’s something new for them and will take time for them to adapt. To maintain a good, personal relationship you must build a relationship where you are comfortable and able to tell them everything and not fight if they do not understand what you are doing. It is important to maintain a healthy relationship with your parents because they will be more understanding towards the decisions you make. If you guys do not agree on something, it is key to talk in a tone in which they can understand what you are trying to say and its important to remember you will not always get your way and sometimes it is necessary to back down and respect there decision. Secondly, gaining trust is a necessary, if you want to be treated as a young adult. If your parents allow you to go to the party you’ve been asking to go to, but lay down some ground rules, such as when you should be home and what’s appropriate to wear you should listen after all their letting you go when they probably do not really want to. Listening the first time, and reaching home on curfew will show your parents that you are responsible...
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