Do you know what are the Top 5 fears for today’s teens?
Although no parents would like to know that their kids are endured with fear rather than desire, we cannot neglect the true fact that there are a lot of negative influences and bad distractions around us today which lead us to worry about our children having engaged with any of them in the first place.
Surveys have been carried out with the target group of 1000 parents in the United States of America to find out what are their greatest fears for their teens.
Let us comb through these top 5 fears for teens of today as below tabled:
1. Drug addiction – Involvement with drugs is highly prohibited in today’s society and it is a taboo to talk anything about drugs. Imagine the heartache of the parents when they get to know that their beloved children are on drugs.
2. Sexually transmitted disease (STD) – having infected with STD, a venereal disease which gets transmission easily between humans by means of sex intercourses with an affected partner. No contact minimizes such risk. High percentage of teens gets to be in contact with STD because of their curiosity towards sex, but wasn’t being made aware that they are highly exposed to the risk of sexually transmitted.
3. Obesity – With the growth of obesity rate among the teens in the United States, it is of no surprise to know that obesity is at rank 3. Obesity refers to the excess baby fat which gets accumulated which had exceeded the tolerable extent. American teenagers’ health are in a critical health conditions threatened by multiple kinds of illness such as diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, osteoarthritis, cancer and many more. Surveys had cited that at least one teen with obesity is found among every 4 teens in the America today. Because of the serious consequences which might happened as a results of obesity, the fear of the society can be comprehendible.
4. Being a victim of violence or sexually abuse – Today’s teens lived in the most violent generations in America’s history with growing trend of violence year after year. Crime of sexually abuse or violence threatened the lives of many and haunted the lives for those who had being the witness of such assault. Violence has a paradoxical effect on young people whom have been taught that good behavior and attitudes will be respected and honored by many, but yet the existence of violence and criminals continue to exist in this society.
5. Lack of confidence and low self-esteem – this normally happened to those with divorced parents whom are often being look down or awkwardly by others around them. Many of these children believe that they will not have a happy family when they reach adulthood just like their parents for no one will love them because they are nobody. The lack of confidence and self-esteem in teens may seriously impact the later stage of their lives if this continue and have not being looked into promptly with the rightful attitude and actions.