Today’s young people thinks they hold more problems in their hands than their adults. Most of them whine about their unmanageable situations and how unfortunate they are. This can be clearly seen through their digital diaries, well-known as blogs. While some of these young people give a buzz to their peers to let their problems known, others cast out their problems through their cheerless or infuriated face. However, do they really hold more problems than adults or are they displaying their problems more than adults? One thing is certain; it is unfair to judge a book by its cover.
Since most young people are still in the academic field, some may argue that young people have more problems as they are stressed out by their studies and school life. As a student myself, I strongly agree that these people are sometimes pushed too hard, and this may become a problem to them. In this age, they may have begun with relationships and having their own cliques. Upon rejection, there are times when they are emotionally affected. These to them, are problems. However, due to their young age, they often lack in understanding adults’ situations, which closes their eyes on adulthood problems. They may even crumble upon the littlest things that crop up, due to their inexperience in life.
The matured nature of adults usually holds them back from being open with their problems. This cannot be easily seen by most people, which may lead them to assume that adults have very little problems. Yet, little do they know that most adults hold way heavier responsibilities than their younger counterparts. In fact, these responsibilities are the problems. Constantly pondering on their children’s academic performance, digging cash to pay fees and bills, maintaining a place in their jobs and securing a shelter for their families – these are huge and numerous problems. Can these be compared with young people’s ‘problems’?
Obviously, losing a job is a much bigger problem than arguing and wanting to stay out later on a Saturday night. A nation’s economy can never be predicted, which exposes the chances of economical instability. Most adults can never be sure about their time span with their jobs. If the economy goes down, unemployment goes up, creating pandemonium for unemployed adults. It is not easy to cope with financial problems when they are in that situation. Funding to groom their younger generations, supporting their retired parents, constantly concerned about their costly electrical bills, and some may even find themselves filled, with hunger. This is a serious problem, which in contrast shrinks the young people’s issues tremendously.
Most adults are ensuring that their marital life goes well. However, since their married partners are the ones that they face every single day, they are prone to disagreements and issues. High living cost and financial challenges will indeed fuel their frustrations with one another. Not only their status and self-respect are on the line, if they divorce, their children will suffer drastically. This problem will easily incur with more and more pecuniary pressure straining their endurance, as the years flow by. Thus, adults really have to heighten their tolerance and this problem adds on to their list.
Although adults have the emotional maturity to keep the problems seemingly small, they certainly hold the longer list. Not only adults have more problems, theirs are much tougher to deal with, which cannot possibly be compared with their younger kinds’ issues.
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Personally, I have this bad feeling that teenagers nowadays have this negative trend.
'Hey-look-i-have-a-problem-wow-im-cool-and-trendy-like-the-rest'.
'Hey-I-have-a-problem-lets-call-my-friend-and-ask-for-a-solution-coz-im-lazy-to-use-my brain'
Pardon me if I'm wrong.
This trend, is naturally and undeniably weakening our emotional immunity system.We amplify our problems, letting the world know. It sort of give this feeling that you are proud of those problems. I,myself, have been a victim of this trend, and I wna stop it. I already have ppl on my side of this point. It is up to you to realize the point of my contribution for this year's Youth's Day. And I'm certainly happy to have celebrated this day by doing this piece.
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