to look at your history right now, would you believe that your smartphone has a negative effect on your life? Jean M. Twenge’s essay, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?” gives multiple reasons why smartphones cause negative effects on teen lives: behavior, communication with parents, depression, less sleep, cyberbullying, and suicide. Twenge proves the negative effects through personal interviews with young teens, studies showing the changes in dating, mental health, and the amount of hours
personal messages, and other content. But, what users do not consider before they download the newest social media app, is all the negative effects it can have on their life. From the outside, social media may look like something that is full of happiness and joy, but the deeper it is inspected, it is really affecting society in a bad way. Due to all the negative effects, social media should be restricted to individuals because it is negatively affecting society. Social media increases cyberbullying
increase in accessibility of contraception for teens. Today there are strong feelings and personal opinions in the debate over providing condoms and other birth control for teens. If there is a way to prevent such things as unwanted pregnancies abortions and sexually transmitted diseases why not provide it? It’s easy to say teens should refrain from sexual activity and issues along with it will stop but, it’s not likely that it will happen. Its best to help teens And inform them of the best precautions
being teens. Social media comprises of great platforms such as Snapchat, FaceBook, Twitter, etc. Each of these platforms experience components of driving teens into using it like human interaction and connecting to others. Despite that, teenagers are still feeling lonely and upset. Some parents consider school or bullying to be the basis of isolation but that is not the case. Although lonely teens go to social media in an attempt for interaction, social media still causes isolation in teens because
including those growing up. But, the internet and social media do not always have beneficial effects. Social media creates lasting problems for teenagers. Excessive time spent on social media can cause addiction to the
Depression is becoming the most psychological problem that could happen to anyone. Many who feels depressed are mainly because of misfortunes and events that could make them sad. However, it is normal to feel depressed over these sad moments because no one wants these bad things to happen to them either but these events might cause depression to the victim that lasts for months or even years. For such people, this is a very serious case of depression and can be diagnosed as an illness. Depression
alcohol. They all surround the life of teens and contribute to teen accidents, homicides, and suicides. About 47,000 Canadian deaths are linked to substance abuse annually According to Health Officer's Council of British Columbia. As generations pass drug use is getting more common and casual among teens. Teens as young as 13 have already tried drugs more than once as powerful as cocaine, says the drug statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Teens believe that by trying a drug once won’t
What is teen depression? Adolescent is a stage where an individual or children undergoes both physical and psychological development that might include growth of pubic hair and also critical thinking skills. This stage generally occurs from puberty to young adulthood and is closely related to the teenage years. As such, teenagers may experience moment of changes, challenges, or even obstacle that might halt their progress making it difficult for them to cope. Developing bodies, peer pressure, social
Tobacco Use Amongst American Teens If current tobacco use trends continue, 5.4 million of today’s Americans under the age of 18 will die prematurely from a tobacco-related illness. It is the single largest cause of preventable death in the United States. In recent years the smoking rate amongst middle and high school students has been lowered dramatically, however, with the percentage of students who had smoked a cigarette in the past 30 days decreasing approximately 60% amongst both groups in the
an important issue to fix. Starting to school at early hours has some negative effects on students’ success in lessons. Waking up at an early time takes students participation and concentration low. Therefore, it lowers our success. Oxford University’s latest research proved that the most efficient time to start school is about 10. Also, research of Nevada University asserted that biological changes in adolescence delay teens’ biological clock to 3 hours later; so it is not beneficial to start the