Today‘s children are living under more
pressure from the society than children in the past. To what extent do you
agree or disagree with this opinion?
Despite a
continuing improvement in
standard of living,
many people believe
that young people suffer more stress than older generations. I
definitely agree with the statement
and shall put
forth my arguments
to support my
views in the
following paragraphs.
Firstly, teenagers are exposed to
more products than earlier generations as they are living in a modern
consumerist society. Through films
and the media
they see celebrities with
expensive jewelry, clothes
and cars. Moreover, youth oriented advertising gives
them an awareness of the latest technology such as digital music formats and
mobile phones. As a result, teenagers
are under pressured to acquire these items. Such stresses were not so strong
during earlier times.
Secondly, pressures at school are
stronger than before. Competition is very tough. Today‘s children have to
compete with children from all over the globe. Teenagers must succeed in their
studies so that they can compete for the best jobs. Parental pressure,
examinations and homework are all reported as causing increased levels of
strain. Such stress was not that severe in earlier times.
Finally, today‘s children are
faced with a new type of stress. They are faced with a choice of two cultures.
One culture, the global culture, is the one they want to adopt and the other is
the traditional culture which they are forced to adopt by their parents. They
are in a dilemma and this causes stress that has never been experienced by the
earlier generations.
To sum up, consumerism and
academic pressures are powerful causes of stress on today‘s teenagers. To
add to it
there is the
pressure of sticking
to the traditional culture. So, definitely today‘s
children are under greater pressure than that faced by earlier generations.
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