Problems of the Youth

Youth has always been regarded to be the nicest period of human lives. It is the period when
young people can be carefree without the burden of responsibility which brings the
parenthood or daily winning of one’s bread. But youth, seemingly a free time of life, also
brings some specific problems:
It is the period of life when people do the most important decisions that can have fatal
consequences for their future family and career. This decisions, and also the difficult period of
early parenthood or professional career, following abruptly the carefree period of early youth,
demands personal maturity.
Immature parenthood can spoil lives of at least three people. It is a serious problem of the
young, just like the problem of unemployment or the specific drug problem.
The pressure on the young to get to a university is very high too. It is difficult these times,
as the competition is very tough and, unfortunately, not always fair.
Bullying is also a problem of the children at our schools. Thanks to enlightment our bullies
do not openly annoy the physically handicapped. But many young people do not know, that
there can be a lot of psychical handicaps, and also don’t realize how deep their remarks, jokes
or violence can psychically mark the victim.
Another problem of young people, and one of the most typical ones, is the generation gap.
The best way to describe the generation gap is to aim at the parents-children relationship.
The elder criticize the way how the young people dress and behave, and they often say, that
they have no sense of responsibility today. The young have they own values, which their
parents not always like: they are sometimes against their child’s fashion, friends and
girl/boyfriends, hobbies, music, idols, lifestyle and other things their child appreciates so
much.
Another point of misunderstanding is security. The parents are more afraid of their child as
the teenager of himself and don’t allow him to go where he would love to, or until he wants
to. They think up various catastrophic scenarios of what could happen to their beloved
offspring. Sometimes this problem can be solved by explaining the own fears within the
family, but mostly the parents just give orders and prohibitions and the good relationship
between them and their child is broken.
It is obviously necessary that there should be more comprehension on both sides.
I think the young should remember that the older have gained greater life experiences and
they just try to give these to us, hoping it will help us in our future life.
On the other hand, the older shouldn’t assume that they know best for the simple reason that
they have been around a little longer. The parents should also remember how they used to be
when they were young. That in their young times, they argued with parents about clothing,
hair cut and studies too. And they should realize that the development of their child, of all
young people, of the world, is natural, just like the child’s need for independence. It is
important, that they realize, they can’t rule our life. They have to release us to the real world
and hope, that they brought us up well and that we will manage our lives good.

As we proceed towards the 21st century, faced with major challenges of political uncertainty
we expect our youth who are the future world citizens to play a significant part in the search
for new principles that would enable stability in this world. Youth portray their ability and
willingness to be part of their societies. Specific conditions, such as globalization,
information, communication technology, and immigration can be accentuated as forces that
would affect the youth.

Problems faced by youth are numerous as culture and norms of society keeps changing
The 21 century portrays the promise of a new century of unparalleled opportunity wherein
new technologies, improvements in health, along with expanding economies create a sense of
hope for the present youth.

As the saying states ‘All that glitters is not gold’ similarly our youth are faced with numerous
obstacles which makes the bright future murky, including poverty, violence, joblessnes,
limited educational opportunity, and unhealthy behaviors. The present picture of the world is
characterized by distressing economic, social, and human costs. Addressing such challenges
and adopting various strategies with a positive attitude would perhaps provide a sustainable
future for the present youth.

Other key issues include Work Choices, Higher education reform. Depression and
discrimination leads to youth taking drastic steps in life. The media portray youth as
materialistic but in reality financial security is nil. Survey shows young people are diverse in
their thought. Government, educational institutions and community organizations should
encourage the youth and through interacting with the youth help hem to face and deal their
issues concerning their life. For today’s youth are tomorrow leaders.

It is up to our youth's to make history in the future and it is the society's obligation to provide
the present youth with adequate resources and an honest basis for hope in carrying out these
various answers tour never ending problems. One significant aspect is the relationship that
binds the youth generation with its elders and this can prove to be the preserving and
transforming factor for the good of humanity.
"No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that
continue to evolve over a lifetime. Young people must be included from birth. A society that
cuts itself off from its youth severs its lifeline.” (Annan, K. 1998)