“Don’t forget to take out the trash,” the mother tells her fourteen-year-old son. The son only scowls at her, revealing a face full of contempt. He turns away and struts back to his room to check his Twitter. This is a typical example of a teenager in rebellion. The adolescent years, the years in which one develops his or her own identity, are marked by confusion, acceptance, and rejection. Therefore, numerous people conclude that teenage rebellion is natural – something that is bound to occur. But this is not necessarily so. Since humans grow substantially during the thirteen to nineteen age period and are constantly in search of their place in society, adolescents in particular are easily influenced by their surroundings. By understanding the effects that relationships, birth order, and media have on teenagers, rebellion can become a “symptom” that can be quelled without great difficulty. The first signs of rebellion usually stem from growing tension between the teenager and his parents. For example, the teenager desires to obtain greater independence, but the parents do not immediately oblige. Observers claim that parents too often attempt to treat teenagers in the same way as children (Shapiro 1). In particular, parents view controlling “small children like managing employees. [They] make the decisions, and [the children] carry them out” (Shapiro 1). Unfortunately, teenagers do not respond as well as children. Rather than accepting their position as a subordinate, adolescents (both openly and discreetly) challenge their parents’ role in their live, which is seen as rebellion. They see parents as villains “attempting to strip [them] of [their] own decision making ability, rendering [them] a robotic husk of humanity, bereft o... ... middle of paper ... ...gers and families deal with, it is not an intrinsic property of humans. Rebellion is triggered when teenagers feel isolated from society, when they feel there is no one to trust. With the generalizations of birth order and copious parents attempting to exert control over their grown children, adolescents have a good reason to revolt. Nevertheless, by building a relationship of confidence with teens, parents can deter them from walking the path of rebellion. Similar actions can be taken to prevent teenagers from being negatively influenced by their peers. Finally, although media can spread messages promoting violence and use of drugs, parents can help the teenagers learn to only take in information that will benefit them. As a result, by understanding and relating to the dilemmas a teen faces, the rebellion and tension between teen and his surroundings can be avoided.
Every child tests the idea of rebellion as it’s a part of growing up. The idea of rebelling against authority
...an see, there are many reasons why children and teenagers may misbehave. They could be tired, hungry, sick or just scared of the position they're in. There could be problems at home with family, fighting, and competition, and attention seeking within society. Children are easier to understand to why they misbehave but when it comes to teenagers it’s a little ridiculous. They will make lousy decisions that can cause a rough road ahead of them all because they want to be noticed. It’s unpleasant to see what this society has come too.
Parents want what is best for their children, but sometimes they expect too much and children can feel trapped. The only way kids feel they can escape from the pressure is to gain independence through rebelling. The short story “Brother Dear”, by Bernice Friesen suggests the idea that when individuals pursue independence by rebelling against expectations set out for them, they can become estranged from loved ones and feel like they have let them down; however, despite the pressure an individual may feel they can often remain optimistic about their situation. Greg grows up with a lot of pressure from his family to do well in life, the only way he feels he can escape this pressure is rebelling against what they want.
The lack of full emotional development of adolescents can lead to confusion and pressure while making life-or-death decisions during serious situations such as war. Along with being forced into war, living in inferiority to an overpowering presence only enrages the teenagers and their families more about the situation. Suzanne Collins depicts this class difference by writing, “Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch- this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand at surviving another rebellion” (18). The districts are outraged by the idea of forcing children into a violent atmosphere in which they have to fight each other for their lives.
Both sides are relentless in their pursuit to win. Therefore, adolescents report feeling forced into choosing between home life or American society (Stroink & Lalonde 2009). Usually, acceptable behavior such as sexuality, education, and peer relationship surfaces cultural conflict. Second generation adolescents frequently struggle with two selves that are unable reconcile the d...
Leaders know that once a child is born and raised, they will have learned ways to act and react to different situations. Parents teach their children right from wrong and set an example for them. Once a child becomes a teenager and adult, they normally take after their parents influence. This can sometimes be a negative thing if the parents separated, fought constantly, or were addicts. If a person is raised in that environment, th...
What can you learn about adolescence by watching five very different teens spend Saturday detention together? With each and everyone of them having their own issues weather it be at home, school, or within themselves. During this stage of life adolescents are seen as rude, disrespectful, and out of control. But why is this? Is it truly all the child’s fault? Teens have to face quite a few issues while growing up. Adolescence is the part of development where children begin push back against authority and try to figure out who they are or who they are going to become. Therefore, we will be looking at adolescent physical changes, their relationships, cognitive changes and the search for identity as depicted in the movie The Breakfast Club (Hughes,1985).
A fundamental element that brings society together can be summarized in one term: ethics. This concept is deep-rooted in each individual’s interaction with others, and themes such as conscience and righteousness are often taught to children from a young age. In order to promote the proper, humane growth of a person, parents and guardians instill moral guidelines into children and students in their beginning years of education. While discipline and judgemental education continue on through one’s youthful years, the notion tapers off during the adolescent age where most assume that ethical judgement becomes common sense. As adults and supervisors no longer preach the importance of doing the right thing, teens in the high school age may become
Many scholars have employed a variety of research methodology to try and answer the questions of: Why do some adolescents resort to extreme measures to resolve their problems? What can be done to improve the current state of the situ...
The rate of American teens leaving home has continued to rise each year. The United States must educate more young people about the dangers of leaving home and living on your on the streets. Runaway teens encounter problems such as drugs, violence, and reliable resources.
Once hormones have revealed themselves, children turn into confused young adults that think they can do everything by themselves and that there will no longer be any need for nurturing from adults. The word “young” from “young adults” is what teenagers completely ignore, when actually they should do the opposite and ignore the “adults” part. Furthermore, this causes infliction between teenagers and adults, especially their parents. Once they have the courage to say “no” with consciousness to what they are ordered to do, they come across a feeling, a feeling of being big and powerful. Because of that, teenagers then only focus on their new discovery of rebelling against adults and are, metaphorically speaking, injected with ego.
...olescences to abuse drugs depending on the influencing stimuli. We must educate the adolescences on respectable behavior and consequences to drug seeking behaviors and addiction.
middle of paper ... ... during that time tend to punish their children if they do something wrong instead of listening carefully to what their children have to say or what they are going through. Support from society can also offer to help adolescents during their turbulent time of growth. In conclusion, adolescent teenagers can experiment with drinking, drugs, sexual relationships or other dangerous behaviors.
When I was growing up, I barely had friends. I can relate to teenage rebellion but I am against the situation. I feel that teenager’s rebel against their parents because they see someone else doing it. How can you transition so quickly from obeying your parents as a child to being disobedient? I believe that if your parent’s raised you well and you know your right from wrong. As teens get older, they start to want their own independence. Parents can certainly give them their own independence, but to a certain extent. “But her mother/father let her” or “But his mother/father let him”, said any pleading teenager
While most parents realize there are normal struggles between parents and teens as their sons and daughters struggle for independence and identity, they are often shocked by the length and intensity of the conflict. They are stunned by apparent rejection of some of their most sacred values and confused by their teenagers "acting up" and "acting out." In attempting to become psychologically independent of their parents, teens often attempt to move completely away from any control or influence by their parents.