A hardship, like close to poverty or a tragic accident or illness can greatly affect someone's outlook on life, therefore affecting their identity. ... If you are exposed to intellectual aspects like books, computers, and learning very early it can lead to a desire or passion for learning leading to higher intelligence. ... Big habits like these develop at a younger age, and younger kids almost always look at the older people and mimic or try and do the same as them. ... If one follows their friends and stops thinking of what they really want, they will most likely become just like them. ...

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This theme can been seen through the foul teacher who uses his power against the students and the children's dread of possibly becoming like their parents. ... You know, you just don't understand the pressure that they can put on you!... High schoolers have pressure from people all around them; friends wanting them to like or dislike whoever they do, parents wanting them to do better and be more like them, acquaintances who want them to try the coolest new drug. High school is full of situations and opportunities where other people want you to do something, what you do in those posit...

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Someone may see something they really like and they would say it was cool. ... If you want the look of cool you go to the mall and you are surrounded in cool. ... If you were a skateboarder you were thought to be a loser or troublemaker. ... You"re cool if you skateboard or wear skateboarding apparel. ... Things such as they like motorcycles, or they really enjoy movies. ...

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"Be happy, young man, while you are young and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. ... He says in His word that He"ll provide you wisdom if you ask; so have faith in Him. ... Distorted priorities like the clothes we wear, how we look, money, creating many idols. ... Start practicing your listening skill with others and as you develop into a better listener, you"ll also improve in how you respond to others. ... Like a team in basketball or volleyball, if there isn't cooperation in a team, the team wouldn't be able to operate the plays that bring success in the game a...

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I was not very surprised at my grandfather's response because he always tells me about going to parties and how he doesn't really like me doing it. ... I thought she would say something like keeping the child under control and dealing with their attitude. ... It seemed like they wanted me to know that this is what they wanted of me. ... The next question was, "The question I would most like to ask my child/parent is..?" ... and "Do you feel blessed and safe?" ...

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Some of the reasons these teenagers commit these actions is because they desire attention and want to be noticed or they believe they can become famous just like the girl's from "16 and pregnant". ... One mother said who which her daughter was a victim of cyberbullying "You can't get away from cyber-bullies unless you take everything away from [your kids] and you can't do that" (Leung, 2012, para.9). ... Figure 1 ("Cyberbullying Victimization," 2010) Thus, you see that we depend on social media so much that it makes us do things we wouldn'...

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" Do you think a young male isn't capable of raising a baby at a young age? ... After all, what do you think of when you hear about a teen guy who is on his way of becoming a father or is a father? Most of you would probably be like "Oh no, that poor girl" or something along the lines "He's not going to be there for his child because he's just like the rest of the guys who leave their girls after he finds out about her pregnancy.... I'd like to discredit this journalist because I know for a fact that he has no clue what he's talking about. ... Don&#...

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Imagine you are sitting in a waiting room eagerly looking at the clock. You'tr nervous about what's to come - dreading what you may hear from the doctor. ... The doctor gives you the results and says that you are pregnant. ... Sure, you have the knowledge, but you still have to choose to practice it or not. ... Therefore, the parents would still think like teenagers, not adults. ...

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Do you like school?... Are you sure is your classmate? ... My grandmother was a kind of parent like a police officer. ... I did not like these girls; my spirit just didn't accept them like I did when I first met Jewel. ... Believe it or not, I was now straight like a needle. ...

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These ideas are taught to you at a young age by your parents as well as other people in your life important to you. ... Outer containment is like the your bonds to teachers, friends, family, and the law. If you constantly have many people around you telling you that drugs are bad, you will be less likely to get involved with drugs simply because you do not want to let these people down. In contrast, if you lack having many people around you like your parents if they were never around, then you would not have anyone telling you not to do drugs, which would mean that you will be more likely t...

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What do you personally remember about your adolescence? Were you inadvertently innocent and self-centered? Not to worry if you cannot remember or don't want to, I am sure you have come upon more than a few people that exhibit these two characteristics. In her short story, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" ... In her short story, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" ...

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As her caseworker I would like to gain a deeper insight into Holly's history so that I could assist her to the best of my knowledge. ... Do you need a hand filling out forms? ... What was your childhood like growing up? ... Did you complete school? ... Do you have a good support network? ...

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For example, Holden says, "They're nice and all", as well as "I'm not going to tell you my whole goddam autobiography or anything." ... Not only does Holden speak like this in the beginning of the novel, but throughout the book, making this pattern a part of his character. ... Such reconfirmations include phrases such as "...if you want to know the truth," or "...it really does." ... "I have no wind, if you want to know the truth," "I'm pacifist, if you want to know the truth," and a variation: "She had a lot of sex appeal, too, if you really want to know." ... Holden makes anot...

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I would like to see what peer pressure is exactly, and if it is does more harm or good. ... This could, in Bleyer's terms, "increase the allure of the forbidden friend, and in older kids, drive a wedge between you and [the] child (p.121).... In the study of youth aged 13 to 21, the children whose parents used tactics to control them, saying such things as 'If you really cared for me, you wouldn't do things to worry me' – at age 13 had a hard time being independent and keeping close relationships with friends and partners when they were 18 and 21 years old (Taylo...

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You don't act like you would want to. It is hard for you to reach your goals. It's hard for you to act lovingly towards someone that you love. ... If you said yes to more that 4 of these symptoms, you might be suffering from a depressive episode. If you said yes to the last description you need to seek help immediately. ...

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Johnny has been hurt by others before and does not like it one bit, so he would never ever ever want to hurt anyone else. ... He was as white as a ghost and his eyes were wild-looking, like the eyes of an animal in a trap." (page 54) you can totally see the fear spread across Johnny's face. ... Just because you did something bad, it does not mean that you are a bad person. Your actions do not define you, how you react to them does....

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The word "Mom"; it seems like such a simple word. ... All you have to do is love your child and everything else in life will be just fine. ... I, like so many others in the world, was not going to get pregnant at a young age. ... Practice the same ideas you are trying to show your children. ... Do my children feel like they can talk to me? ...

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A Wallflowers Story "When you become a teen, it's like you get a second chance to remake your life. But society comes in and tells you to be man and that second chance is gone". ... "Up home we wear a hat like that to shoot deer in, for Chrissake," he said. ... Like hell it is." ... I sort of closed one eye, like I was taking aim at it. ...

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Many parents like mine, moved to the northeast side of the capital city to mask their children away from the apparent use of drugs and alcohol as well as the violent lifestyles of those who lived in the rural cities and ghettos that surround our downtown area. ... Questions that ranged from what is the drug able to do for you mentally and physically? To knowing the side effects of using marijuana, and it being widely available to young people, do you have any fears for future generations or for your own? ... "It does not matter why you smoke weed it's about the feeling you receive f...

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What does it look like? ... Reactive depression means you know the cause. No one knows what their lifestyle is like. ... However, when the feelings become more of a problem, and it seems like you can't get through the normal day, that is when to seek help. ... It seems like you will not get this without it. ...

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In a case like that, the father may be so enraged about a daughter's decision to have an abortion he may physically and sexually assault the teenager and thus psychologically damaging the teen for life. ... The posttraumatic response to an abortion is not dissimilar to any other traumatic event like a car accident or the witness of a death. ... Although I will be expressing my ideas and emotions on both sides, I will like to first give you my view on it. ... I also believe that notification of parents before an abortion is unnecessary because in some abusive families, something as...

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Pencey was supposed to provide a home, however that school is just like the pond, frozen over, denying Holden access. ... If you get on the side where all the hotshots are, then it's a game, all right "I'll admit that. But if you get on the other side, where there aren't any hotshots, then what's a game about? ... Salinger goes beyond a mere character in Holden; he makes him seem like the reader them self, or a friend or family member. ... "A character must be either round like a ball, or flat like a sheet of paper. ...

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I call upon you, the reader, to think back to your younger days. ... Could you imagine how that would make you feel? ... Let me ask you this; when is the last time you walked around the mall and not seen a bunch of teen's walking around in a group not talking but all looking down at their phones. ... As with post on Facebook, you can delete and rewrite what you want your friends and followers to read and see about you. ... Now I understand that this is the way that kids have learned to talk through social media and some adults themselves speak like this, but what happens when they go in f...

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The girls tell their own stories, it is not a set up interview or sit down, it is the girls lives videotaped, you get to watch their daily lives and see what they go through. ... Every episode shows something new or shocks you. ... Babies may be cute and seem like so much fun but are also a lot of work which is something that MTV shows. ... Celebrities like Jaime Lynn Spears have been all over magazines right along with some of the teen moms. ... They started off as normal teenagers just like most of us who got their selves into a situation that was not ideal. ...

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With most social media sites catering to a wide range of friends, from the best of friends people you may have never even met in person or are barely acquaintances with, deep and meaningful friendship is simply not put in the forefront of sites like Facebook or Twitter. ... On sites such as Myspace or Facebook, the list of friends and friends of friends is potentially infinite; although this may seem like a relatively positive change in how teens communicate, it can lead to the blurring of the line between friend and acquaintance (Subrahmanyam, Greenfield, 2009). ... Besides the apparent issue...

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