The youth and their problems

THE YOUTH AND THEIR PROBLEMS

ALCOHOLReasons that teens use alcohol are: curiosity to feel good, reduce stress, and relax to fit in to feel older kids see advertising messages showing beautiful

people enjoying life — and alcohol. many parents and other adults use alcohol socially —

having beer or wine with dinner, people live in homes where a parent or other family

member drinks too much. a typical teenager seeks independence in everything

and loses self-confidence;

SMOKING: Disadvantages & Bad Effects of Smoking:- constricts the airways of the lungs- increases the smoker's heart rate- elevates the smoker's blood pressure- causes lung cancers, emphysema, and

other respiratory diseases- greatly increases your risks for lung

cancer and many other cancers.- kills and the effects of second hand smoke

are also bad for the health of those around you

Smoking is responsible for one of out five deaths, and 38,000 deaths are caused by exposure to second-hand smoke. What more can be said about the detrimental effects of smoking?

DRUGS

Reasons that teens take drugs are:

for the pleasure they believe they can bring; there are many kinds of drugs available;

someone tried to convince them that drugs would make them feel good or that they'd have a better

time if they took them; some teens believe drugs will help them think

better, be more popular, stay more active, or become better athletes;

one try won't hurt; to gain attention from their parents;

they're depressed or think drugs will help them escape their problems;

People who take drugs may:

feel slow or stupid and have failures in life; drugs will completely destroy all the creativity a

person has; feel restless, anxious and moody, become

excitable and have a false sense of power and security;

interfere with coordination, perception of time: Physical effects of drugs increase in blood pressure, heart rate, respiration and body temperature;

Unsafe/unprotected sex, pregnancies:

Reasons that teens have unsafe sex are:peer pressure;the passion of the moment;the media, which often portrays sex as an act with no negative results;sex in film and television rarely ends up in the character dying a AIDS, or giving birth to an unwanted baby;the feeling it "won't happen to them“;some young men simply refuse to take responsibility for the consequences of unsafe sex;some young men may pressure their girlfriends to have sex, and the girls give in as they hope for love and affection, while the boys simply want a sexual experience;

having unsafe sex is not only an act of stupidity, it can quite easily be avoided - the ease of birth control devices;

PREGNANCYStatistics: 50 % of teens have sex at the age of 14-16 15 % have AIDs at the age of 15-19 75% of pregnancies are interrupted about one third end in abortion 15 % teen pregnancies end in miscarriage 20 % of teen pregnancies end with the birth of the baby

Are there any problems you would like to point out?In groups choose one of the topics and complete the table “Problems. Solutions. Results”

problems reasons solutions results

“Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and

grieve. Find another way!”