teenage issues

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http://www.1888articles.com/teen-with-emotional-problems-09m72wfc20.html

I agree with this article as many friends i know and even myself, feel pressurized by many things in life, from CCA's to studies, and family to friends. These can arise from bullying in school, violence at home, or even high expectations by both family and self alike. Also, youths tend to keep to themselves very often about problems they have in life, afraid that their friends would not take them seriously. However, most of them do not know that many of their friends are probably facing the same problems, and only make fun of others who have these problems so as to make everyone else think they do not have problems. Also people around them like their families and schools always stick to routines and fixed thinking, not leaving space for them to "grow" and be independent. It also smothers their creativity and will to be different, causing them to bottle up their feelings about anything and everything until they "explode". I agree with the point the article made about how parents should make teenagers feel good about themselves. However, some parents go too far in trying to this and cause their child to feel pressurized. An example would be when parents keep telling their child they CAN get GPA 4.0 till the point where their child feels that he/she must live up to expectations. In this case, the parents are not making the child feel good about himself, instead, give them more worries.