Issues Faced by Young People Today Compared to Older Generations

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Introduction:
Teens of every generation are shaped by the political, social and economic events of that
specific era. Teenagers of this era are no different. However, due to rapid changes in the
technology and emergence of the internet, the generation gap between the older and the younger
people has got hugely amplified. It should be kept in mind that the young people living in the 21st
century can be considered as the first generation whose lives are saturated by mobile technology
as well as social media. While this factor as made this generation highly advanced in technology,
excessive inclination towards virtual world has adversely affected teenagers of this generation.
Background information:
A rapidly changing generation has also brought about huge changes in all aspects of life
including regular diet and professional life. Thus a huge difference can be evidenced if the
lifestyle of teenagers of this generation and that of the previous generation is compared. The
purpose of the project is to find out the issues faced by young people compared to that of the
older generation. The research question of the project is "What problems do young people today
face compared to older generations?”
Source work:
1. Carroll, Jennie, et al. Problems faced by the youth today. The youth of today has been
widely outclassed. February09, 2008; Proceedings of the 35th Annual Hawaii
International Conference on. IEEE, 2018. www.dawn.com/news/965881
The above-mentioned article was published in the year 2008 and is written by Jennie Carrol
along with other authors. In this article, the author has depicted a range of issues that are faced

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by the students who reside in the modern world. According to the authors, teenager’s residing in
this generation faces more issues while dealing with their daily activities compared to the
teenagers of the older generation. The huge generation gap along with the rapidly changing
society is to be blamed for (Carroll). The communication gap between the young and the older
generation and lack of friendly and understanding attitude of the parents are major issues that are
making the new generation incapable of sharing their own thoughts and hence is encouraging
rudeness and disobedience. When it comes to teenagers who are poverty-stricken, illiteracy and
lack of appropriate jobs can be considered as two of the major issues. Another issue stated by the
author includes "Less attachment with politics is making the youth of this generation vulnerable
to be used in anti-social activities with false charms that lure them into active participation.” Last
but not the least, getting into an immature relationship and eventually getting affected by it
adversely is another major issue faced by youths of this generation. Considering the fact that my
concern is to find out the problems faced by the teenagers of this generation compared to the
older generation, this article has the potential to provide me with the necessary information
required for this project.
2. Sharlene Gale S. and Graeme Codington, Facing the Youth in the 21st Century. May
1999.pp.1- 133. www.researchgate.net/publication/301647194
The above-mentioned article was written I the year 1999 by Sharlene Gale and Graeme
Codington. The two authors wrote the book in regard to the challenges faced by the children in
the modern world just as compared to the older generation. According to the author, a major
issue which is faced by youths of this generation compared to the older generation is high