Debate Question: Teenagers today are the lucky generation?

Question

This is a debate question, and i hope that more people will give thier opinions on this. Including the reasons why teenagers are lucky nowadays or why not. All help is greatly appreciated. Thanks lots..

This is a debate question, and i hope that more people will give thier opinions on this. Including the reasons why teenagers are lucky nowadays or why not. All help is greatly appreciated. Thanks lots.. PS: Unfortunately, I am at the opposition side, please give more details on disagreeing with this statement.

Answer 1

I would argue that teenagers today are not the "lucky generation." Sure they have computers, the Internet, less socially acceptable corporal punishment in schools, but, all in all, they are getting the short end of the stick.

For examples...
They are bound to make mistakes with casual dating, but have to contend with terminal stds. In fact, that demographic is the fastest growing relative to new HIV diagnoses. Plus, saying "no" today can get one raped and/or made into a social outcast overnight.

Families today are more dependent on two incomes that ever before, meaning children are forced to grow up much faster than before because they help with younger siblings, have no help with homework, usually no one to take a real interest in their lives (e.g. look around at all the questions here that really boil down to loneliness and wanting to know someone cares).

Teens today are more likely to commit suicide, sometimes even before the age of 10. This is because of rampant hopelessness. It's pointless to tell someone to "think positive" when they can not find anything positive to look forward to.

Teens today are more likely today to be bullied in every area of their lives. They are bullied in school, via text messaging and sometimes in church. For a child without a parent or older sibling to watch out for them, it can turn everyday life into an inescapable battle ground.

The rising costs of education is making college dreams a distant possibility. Yet, it's practically impossible to get a decent job with benefits with a high school diploma.

Unethical marketing is forcing many in that age group into debt very early in life as they scramble to pay off credit card debts they can't afford and never should have been granted. This puts higher costs of financial services back on all of us and more people default on debts or seek coverage under whatever bankruptcy laws they can find.

Teens today are faced with child predators like no other time in history. The weird neighbor down the street from yesteryear has turned into basically anyone around the world who wants to exploit the inexperienced.

Teenagers today don't have a second chance of making a mistake with drugs. Date rape drugs, sniffing, meth and other chemicals can and are deadly on the first try. It's not enough to just say "no" anymore. Some kids are being exposed to the stuff before they have a chance to say "no."

Many are proud to fight for their country and enlist in the military but are unprepared for what has been happening. They are facing situations they never could have imagined with no way to escape.

They will probably have little to no social security benefits, little to no VA benefits (if they served) and no job security in a declining market.

All in all, teenagers today are probably the unluckiest (if you believe in that kind of thing) group ever. Many don't have the basic foundation of a stable family, enough food and resources or anything on which to base hope for their futures.

I guess I'm supposed to say to any teenager reading this "don't give up hope" even when I think it would take a miracle for most of them to have any hope in the world that has been left for them.

Answer 2

It is just part of the life evolution. When i was a teenager, the older generations told us we're a lucky bunch not having to go through what they went through when they were younger. Now that i'm grown up i do feel that the teen these days are lucky and probably they gonna feel he same way in about 10 years and the younger generations 10 years later gonna be telling their teens the same thing in 30 years time and so on. So there is no ending to this. As the world keeps up with the latest technology and other stuffs, those who born later benefit. It's part of the human evolution.

Answer 3

Yes, U.S. teenagers are the luckiest generation in that they can be spoiled and such by their parents and so-called society. Their parents buy them everything from gameboys to cellphones to condoms to cars to college educations. All things are handed down to them. And they are forced to do chores, and don't do them by their own free will. Even if they did, they demand money for it. They don't realize the importance of working for one's family. Ultimately, they get whatever they want, or they'll make a tantrum. They say their life is so hard, but they don't even know the realities of life. U.S. teenagers are too sheltered and are useless. They become useless, ignorant adults who have absolutely no achievements in life. Indeed, we might say that their luckiness actually translates to their unluckiness because their nature makes them into worthless "human beings." There are so many more things wrong with them that I can't list them all here.

Note: I disagree with the opposition because although teenagers now have more challenges in the academic and social realms, they're lucky because all they have to do is whine about it. That is, they can complain and such, and they usually aren't very efficient. Indeed, I've noticed that all the successful teenagers are the ones who haven't complained and thus haven't assimilated into the culture of uselessness. We should never admit that our life is so hard. If we do that, then how will we even get past those challenges? We must confront them with a objective-driven heart and perseverent mindset. Indeed, I'm a "teenager" living in the U.S., but I refuse to give up like so many others do. It's these others who contribute to the frequently used stereotype of the U.S. teenager: he/she is a whiny, miserable brat. We should reject this luckiness and become better people.

Answer 4

Lucky? I don't think so. Most parents are both working long hours. Time at home is kept short, instead of us working to pay bills many are working as hard as possibly to have extravagant lives in huge homes that cost working on weekends and into evening hours to pay for. We run our kids to many events, groom them to be the BEST and forge on ignoring our family until it becomes so normal that the family get used to it and accepts it.

Whats so wrong with teaching our kids to be selevtive about what to be BEST at? How about having the best home filled with happiness? That is something that will pass from generation to generation.

Answer 5

I do agree that English Teenagers have got it easy, but I also feel very sorry for them when they come out after their teenage phase, what have they got to look forward to, there is not enough jobs to go around now so what is it going to be like when these English teenagers are ready to leave school. I am glad I am well past their age

Answer 6

I can tell you it is very 100% true. If you belong to the opposition side of this debate then too bad. Reasons are less siblings, attractive rewards for examinations, good living conditions, easy to get money from parent, oversea tour at your request, good food, up to date handphone and computer and many, many things.

Answer 7

i suppose the luckiest stuff that is happening for the teenagers would be the hyper-advancement of the technology in the late 20th century and early 21st century that is unlike any other time before. being teenagers also mean that they're in the generation who witnessed the turn of the century.

Answer 8

i can understand that u r participating in a debate competetition! well, we teens aren't lucky at all, today's world scenario entirely complicated than that of our grand-parents, its a very competetive world out there! you have to scrape your way to get admissions,in our teens we aspire to become that and this,but when it comes to reality, we r not confident and often lose out! But to some extent yes we r a sort of lucky coz we get access to lot of thing like net,tv,mobile etc.

Answer 9

im a teenager (15) and what the hell do u mean?
1.tons of homework and studies
2.lots of responsibilities
3.pressure and stress
4.curiosity of the symptoms of drugs (i was curious but never took any)

the only better thing is there is a bit more freedom and the invention of gadgets,otherwise my life sux.