Do you think that kids/teens today do not care about what's going on in the world?

Answer 1

I think that may be true of some teens, especially those who have parents who over indulge them and don't teach them how to accept responsibility for their actions.

I think that it's a gross generalization to make this statement of all kids and teens though. I see stories all the time of kids taking action and helping others. I think that kids almost have a bigger sense of social responsibility today and I think that the advent of the internet has a lot to do with it since they are exposed to so much more of the global news than we were as kids.

Let's not lump all teens together and label them all as being the same, since that's just not so. It wasn't so when we were kids and never will be. We are all individuals and should be celebrated and appreciated as such.

Merry Christmas!!

Answer 2

I'm guessing that you think that teenagers don't care about current events in the world. If so, you may be right. Many teens are very self-centered, some are on drugs and just don't care, etc. So what can you do about it? Well, for one, you can just treat someone the way you like to be treated. That goes a long way towards pulling people out of their thoughts and back into a more friendly reality. Am I right? As for current events involving politics, economics and all the rest, you will find them fascinating once you learn about them. But the more you know and talk about these things, the less personal your relationships will become (unless you guard against it very carefully). Go for it, but be careful.

Answer 3

The society, the nation and the world scenarios are getting too complex even for matured adults to understand... Something promising appears to happen around and by the time the thrill goes into the nerves, some shattering incident happens throwing all hopes to the wind... or the promises held out by the good event are questioned by some learned section of the people in the media and the adults themselves are confused...

For example when an apex court in India held a questionable act of the Govt not sustainable under law, but the govt immediately swung into action to bring an amendment to statutes taking the particular questionable subject under the purview of those items kept outside the court's review in the constitution!... the public conscience suffered a shock and popular news critics voiced their concern... and the court held such a malafide amendment to the statute not sustainable and relieved the people of anxiety...

In the urban India, parents are so busy with office and find little time to spend with kids and when they do, they ask them to concentrate on study and never educate them about the goings on at the national or global levels... Even if the children come to know of the major issues in the school and ask their parents about them, the latter understand precious little about the issues beyond what has been reported in the headlines...

American youth seem to enjoy more freedom but their energies and attention are syphoned off by entertainment of sorts.... Some are said to develop impressions about the events but they are not mature and strong enough to have any impact at macro level...

They indeed have to care for their future interests... in reducing the pollution... containing the sustainability of natural resources... which are fast deteriorating...

Answer 4

Yes, I've met and had to deal with a lot of teens/young adults who could care less what was going on in the world today -- and who never put forth any effort to LEARN anything about current events or even how things work --

A lot of this can be assigned to the following factors:

-- Have you READ any of the Textbooks lately? I've experienced a very long life, my Father was a Paraplegic from WWII and My Grandparents were Legal Immigrants to the US -- and what I read in the Textbooks assigned as classroom reading was SHOCKING to the Extreme -- For example, I have my Father's Military Records, Battle Ribbons and Citations -- and studied Military History as part of my General Education ... and to see how WWII has been RE-WRITTEN was HORRIBLE to the extreme -- where in the world did the authors of that textbook get their information in the first place? Did they NOT talk to the WWII Veterans that are still living BEFORE they put their fingers to work on the word processor?

We are teaching our children to Standardized Testing -- instead of teaching the CHILDREN to THINK, EVALUATE, form OPINIONS on their own, and put down their thoughts to paper. With all these Standardized Tests, and the few weeks before the testing the children are taught HOW to TAKE that test ... how in the world can we expect our Children/Teens/Young Adults to LEARN how to form INDEPENDENT Thoughts/Opinions in the first place?

Selfishness -- there is a LOT of Laziness and only wanting to do the BARE MINIMUM amongst the High School/Teen Crowd -- and I've seen this in person while raising my own Teens -- and in the High School -- this is the way the Children perform! There is no willingness to PUT FORTH REAL EFFORT -- they don't want to DO THEIR BEST -- but to only SATISFY the Minimum Requirements, and EXPECT to have IMMEDIATE Gratification (in other words -- a good grade) for meeting these minimum requirements!

they are influenced to a great extent by the BIAS and PREJUDICE as presented in the News Sources -- Television, Networks, etc -- and NOT willing to take the time to EXPLORE the situation enough to be able to IDENTIFY the BIAS and THINK for themselves and FIND OUT THE TRUTH ...

The teens/children/young adults feel that all the HARD WORK that we put forth to achieve what we did (the Home, the Car, the Things, the Degrees) are to be handed to them because ... we PARENTS did it to ourselves by being over-protective in their formative years. IF they had to WORK as hard as we did (and have to cooperate as a FAMILY to make sure that the home had FOOD enough for the Family and the Bills were paid), then they would have the Work Ethic that the older generations have ...

Then ... Finally .. lets look at popular entertainment for the younger generation .. how much violence they are exposed to in the form of "Games", TV Programs, in the "Music" they listen to?

Answer 5

Those same kids and teens are going to grow up and ask the same question. Time is flying. It seems like only yesterday when I was a teenager, too. I'm 22 now, and "kids" that I thought were small are in their mid teens now. It seems that nobody is in a hurry to grow up, but they're being pushed into it by the media. The media isn't informing them about food shortages and chikungunea that has plagued the Asian world; all they're informing young people is about who wore what last night.

Answer 6

Some act like that, yes. They're way too much more into themselves, into "individualism", and even some of my college mates don't know what's going on around the world! Imagine! They're way too indulged in themselves and misuse television and computer and other sources to which we can turn for SOMETIMES-reliable information. So I guess our job is to make them realize that there are other people in this world and that there are things going around the world that they have the responsibility to be aware of.
Nevertheless, there are those other teens/kids who actually do take their time to care about what goes on around the world.
It is the responsibility of the parents to make sure they make their kids realize what all goes on around them and how their kids can possibly cope with them. Some parents don't have time to fulfill this responsibility, and their kids cannot just know this out of nowhere, so those parents are at fault.

Answer 7

well i'm a teen, and i really care whats happening around the world, i read newspapers and stuff, but i have to admit that i am a part of the small percentage of teenagers worldwide who care whats happening. So it's not really good to generalize like EVERY teen doesn't care, some of us really do.

Answer 8

I do not listen to news nor buy newspapers. I just do not want to hear about the situations. I do pray for the will of God to be done. What a great way to be content. I am in my late 50's, I can understand if the younger generation does not want to hear what is happening either.

Answer 9

I'm a teen and I don't care, so I guess so. I'm also a little on the depressed and pessimistic side so that could contribute.

Answer 10

Nope,I'm a teen,and I do care about the world.I really don't appreciate people clumping me together with every other teen.