Do u think teens hav become more materialistic? What do u think are the reasons?

Answer 1

yes I blame it all on Paris Hilton

Answer 2

Well I don't think we can generalise as such. It depends on the kind of upbringing they have had, the society they have grown up in and the values that they have grown up with. But I do agree that a growing number of teens are turning materialistic. And the reasons for this are not hard to find. Teens are at a very vulnerable stage of their lives. Their actions reflect the influence that the adult generation has had on them. So if there's anyone to blame for this, it is the adults of the world. The world itself has turned materialistic over the years, so it is not surprising that teens are following in their footsteps.

Answer 3

Since the last generation? I think of the '80s being at least as materialistic as today.

However, pop culture today seems to ligitimize materialistic pursuits a lot more than in the past. American Idols and pop stars are considered to be real musicians, Paris Hilton is considered to be an accomplished celebrity. (In the '60s, The Beatles were pop music!)

Teen pop culture seems to be fascinated by the idea of being "rich and famous"... they seem to be willing to consume more and more of it, and the media follows suite, playing more and more of it. As people consume more and more, it becomes more extreme. Now this culture of consumption is all most youth have ever known.

I blame the education system more than the media, the media is just reflecting the whim of the people. It's the backwards education system that trains the youth to blindly accept and "consume" without thinking for themselves. (A century-old education system based on the Prussian, German, system that bread more Nazis than nobel prize winners.) What the teacher reads out of a textbook is absolute fact... success in school is imitating the teacher. The stars and starlettes on every channel on tv are rich, attractive, and HAPPY, success in life is imitating them.

The youth are just doing what they are trained to do. Give them money and a market, and this cycle of consumption begins.

Answer 4

Are you suggesting that other age groups have become less materialistic? I see even older age groups embarrassingly materialistic at the cost of acquiring the niceties of higher human values...

The children in the impressionable age are prone to imbibe qualities of their parents, neighbors and peers in the schools... The media carry all sort of alluring ads with the offers of gifts and rebates on purchases, thus promoting consumerism in a big way... whereby even adults are enticed and waste a lot of their savings (some going for credit purchases thro EMIs and all)... The craving for more and more possessions ever remain active.. unsatiated..!

Apart from the waste of money, the more telling fall out is the wrong learning that enjoyment lies in more and more possession of articles of comfort, play and joy ... while it is all momentary...

Further the more human values like love and understanding, caring and sharing for the family members, friends and neighbors are lost in the rat race for more and more materialistic approach..
One develops ego over greater possession, or hate and envy toward others with greater valuable possessions..

Well... does it appear quite too late to tell these classic truths... and being looked upon as old timers..?!

Not at all. The discerning youth could be made to realize the joy of contentment (free from the endless craving for objects of pleasure) if we want... take them to places of selfless service where many youth spend time in loving service of the sick and the forlorn and share the joy of their smiles...

It is actually the teens who can be corrected more easily than the more grown up youth... in my opinion.

Answer 5

Why is this?

It's the society, people around us and ourselves.
Often times, people with nice stuffs will get more noticed and complimented.

Most humans do not satisfy of what they have. They always wanted to have what others have or better. So, they try to get what they shouldn't or not needed, just to be recognized in the society.

In young age, they see friend with great toy, they want one.

Getting older, some one is driving sports car, they want one.

Meet new friends, big house, home theater, expensive cell phones, they want one.

People in rural area are having less of this problem. Probably because only few people around them would over dose these materials. So they dont have to have those materials to fit in.

On the other hand, in the city, people all around are having this and that.
People with similar became different groups.
If you want to be part of the group, you have to have some of the same materials.

Answer 6

yes, teens have really become very materialistic, personally i don't know whats the reason for this trend but i think its the way our celebrities parade around with so much cash to spare and they look up to these models....its a real problem because gone are the days of relationship based on true love. now its relationships based on material things...u want to go out with a girl, next is she's askin for a diamond necklace....damn!!!

Answer 7

There's so much more to have then ever before.

Now you have to have an iPod (Zune if your cool), a cell phone, high speed for myspace, $200 outfit hollister/AE/Abercrombie/Aero clothes to even make it through High School.

PS3 is $600. THE most expensive video gaming device ever. Then you need a 360 Wii DS PSP too.

You also need a Car, gas, and monthly cell phone bill just to make it through the day.

And for class u need a $200 calc and expensive books.

I think it's simply because there's more to be had now!

Answer 8

It depends on the up bring of the child. Most children these days are entertained my material items because their parents are to busy working all day to spend the time with them that they need. I also blame it on the media. Most kids sit in front of the TV all day. It is TV that is raising the next generation of children.

All we can do to change society is spend more quality time with our children and stop rewarding them with material items. Kids these days are so spoiled.

Christmas!!! How many Gift do children get for Christmas? Do they really need that much to be happy ? to know that we truly love them? Christmas is about giving to the less fortunate.

Answer 9

yup.i am 14my dad is not that wealthy and in todays world their are many things one teen would want-i-pod,going outside india,money for future ducation,play station 3 games etc.that is why i run after money but i am not completely materialistic iput god and ,family and the world first

Answer 10

Yes they have - they are trying to keep up with there friends - and kids dont have childhoods like we use to - they are mini adults and are allowed to grow up too fast - instead of letting children be children - plenty of time to be an adult and handle the adult stuff...