Challenges Teens Face Today

1. Some challenges teens face today:

• Peer pressure
• Bullying
• Online predators
• Drugs
• Alcohol
• Grades
• Broken homes
• Violence

2. Two major problems I face:

One major problem I face is drugs because in the community I live in it is not rare to see. I am trying to ignore my surroundings and focus on school. Another major problem I face is online predators because a s a young teen you don’t know who really is behind that profile on social media. Something I ma trying to do is not share personal information on social media.

3. How does CTR help:

One way CTR helps in because if you are always doing the right thing you never have to worry about any harm that might come towards you. Another CTR helps is by making sure you are helping [people so when you need help they will gladly help you. Lastly a way CTR helps is by knowing that you are doing the right thing when you tell an adult what is going on with you or your surroundings.

4. How to help teens:

Teens can be helped by giving them advice on what is either wrong or right for them. Teens can also be helped if you share stories of the wrong and right things that happened to you based on your actions. Another way to help teens is by informing an adult when something is wrong with them.

 

Reflection:

In my opinion the biggest challenge teens face today are online predators. The reason why I think it is the biggest issue is because our generation is based on electronics so we rely on them for most things. If we rely on our phones then we will use them often which means we are most likely on social media. On social media you really don’t know who you are interacting with since it is global and can have easy access. In order to fix this problem I believe that teens should not interact with anyone unless they know them personally.