What challenges are teenagers supposed to face?

CAITIECAT.: What challenges are teenagers supposed to face?
I am a teacher in a high school & i need to know what types of challenges teenagers supposed to face?
Cheers.

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Answer by Maggie
Drugs, Drinking, ‘Self Harming’, Depression, Guilt of lying to family, Being Shy, it’s all very general.. and pretty easy to figure out. Teenagers face a lot of difficult things nowadays.

Answer by Meghan G
Peer preasure.

Answer by courty2114
There really aren’t any challenges you can prepare yourself for other than the incredibly general ones. Nowadays, teens are getting into more and more trouble with different things. You can’t just have a list of challenges because new ones are being added almost every day.

There’s alcohol, drugs, sex, pregnancy, STDs, dating, friends, being outcasts, depression, self hurting, eating disorders, steroids, abuse, deaths, peer pressure, lack of money, lack of the “cool” things, school (work, teachers) the list can go on and on.

Answer by Mia
peer pressure

Answer by Montee W
Teachers that don’t leave them alone.
I am glad you are taking interest but if you try to force your help on them it could harm them. Be careful, you’re on thin ice.
Also: Sex, Drinking, Family issues, pregnancy, general brainlessness; i.e. the above problems.

Answer by SKSleighofHand
Peer Pressure, drugs, sex, relationships with others and education.

Answer by Bry
wow well i’m name stuff a lot of teenagers have to go through…

Peer pressure, drinking, drugs, smoking, self harm, depression, eating disorders, low confidence, appearance, spots, boyfriends/girlfriends, puberty, school work etc.

They range from little things to major things.

Answer by whiskyblanket
They aren’t supposed to face the kinds of challenges they often do.

I knew kids who had eating disorders, abused substances, had abusive parents, and had no money to buy lunch. I had a friend who got pregnant and still managed to graduate in the top 25% after having the baby.

Almost everyone I knew was on anti-depressants. I would be willing to say that close to half of the people I knew had attempted to commit suicide at least once, and that I’m not sure that I knew anyone who didn’t think about it on some level.

Personally, I dealt with my peers (mostly guys) constantly telling me about how much of a “failure” I am, and how I should end my life. I also had my fair share of death threats, and my parents’ house got robbed, egged, and paintballed a number of times. When I heard this stuff enough, I started to believe it, and I will never be ok again.

That’s what they face.

Answer by Feker
sex
drugs
keeping up with grades
self image issues leading to eating disorders
and ofcourse “peer pressure”