Problems of Young People: A Comparative Study with Older Generations

This article discusses the problems faced by young people in the present age as compared to older generations. It covers topics such as income inequality, moral individualism, mental health, social media, and education pressures.

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Problems of Young People
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Research Question
Research question: What problems young people face in the present age as compared to
older generations?
Part 1
Greatergood.berkeley.edu. "How Teens Today Are Different From Past Generations."
Greater Good. N.p., 2018. Web. 19 June 2018.
The author has presented the view that the young generation today is very self-centred that
makes it difficult for the young people to assimilate with the society. The young people of the
present age are very confident and they do not want to listen to the opinion of other people
which makes it difficult for them to sometimes take crucial decisions. The idea that has been
presented by the author is that the life of the teenagers of the present age is influenced to a
great extent by that of income inequality which demoralizes hopes pertaining to the future.
The author disagrees with the point of view that the young generation of the present
age is immoral and states that the emerging adults are not aware of any kind of moral
reasoning outside themselves. The factor of morality along with immorality differs for every
individual and the young people being called immoral is only a fact of personal opinion. The
author has contradicted the life history theory that states that inequality in income gives rise
to the problems that the young generation face in the present age.
The author has presented the opinion that the ideas of the young people emanate from
that of “moral individualism” and from their personal belief system. The author has brought
out the fact that everyone is entitled to their own moral views in the society and the
questioning the viewpoint of other people cannot be called right.
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Works Cited
Greatergood.berkeley.edu. "How Teens Today Are Different From Past Generations."
Greater Good. N.p., 2018. Web. 19 June 2018.
Part 3
Greatergood.berkeley.edu. "How Teens Today Are Different From Past Generations."
Greater Good. N.p., 2018. Web. 19 June 2018
This article has been published by Diana Divecha in the year 2017. The authenticity of the
article can be attributed on account of the fact that Diana Divecha is a Ph. d scholar and
research affiliate at that of Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.This article furnishes
important information regarding the problems encountered by the young people in the present
age. The author has presented the view that young people want to stake claim in the new
society and their concern is not solely related to making their ends meet. The article suggests
that older people have very specific needs whereas the needs of the young people are more
varied. The young people of the present age are not going wayward but devoting more
amount of time in the field of full-time learning. The author has said that “The mental health
consequences are especially acute for younger teens, she writes. This makes sense
developmentally, since the onset of puberty triggers a cascade of changes in the brain that
make teens more emotional and more sensitive to their social world”. This suggests the fact
that the teenagers have to suffer from mental conflict on account of the onset of puberty
which makes it difficult for the young people to adjust to their social world.
The author Diana Divecha has argued that young people of the present age have been
shaped by the social along with political event of the present age. The lives of the young
people in the present age are influenced by mobile technology and social media. The
information that is provided by the author relates to the fact that young people of the current

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age find it difficult to distinguish between the good and the bad practice. The older people are
more matured and they do not have to face any kind of conundrum. The new media is making
the teenagers of the present age lonely and depressed. The article discusses how social media
is undermining the social skills of the young people in the society.
The teenagers in the modern age spend less amount of time with that of their friends
and online content provides the impetus for that of unrealistic expectations. The article has
pointed out how the girls are more vulnerable as they tend to use social media more than that
of the boys. The article has suggested that the girls become victims of cyberbullying and
social media in the present age is creating “epidemic of anguish”. The young people of the
present age face a lot of pressures in the arena of education which actually paves the path for
teen pregnancy along with alcohol misuse. The huge amount of pressure that the young
people face forces them to have psychotic breakdowns along with financial pressure. The
older generation do not have to face these kind of problems like the young people. The young
people suffer from panic attacks on account of the tremendous pressure at school and in the
social life. The young people in this age have to behave like a robot so that they can adjust
themselves in the ever-evolving environment. The author has said that, “Society challenges
teens and parents to improve; but can society take on the tough responsibility of making
decisions with teens’ well-being in mind?” The author has tried to show that society wants to
bring about improvements in the teenagers but the society should make crucial decisions
keeping in mind the well-being of the teenagers.