A life of a teen
Living in a world now driven by technology, style and competition; there are a lot of challenges.
We always want to fit in and emulate what others are doing like smoking and drinking alcohol.
We become sexually active just because friends are doing it. We always want to impress others and end up suffering the consequences of our actions. Most of the time we want to follow the crowd and think we are loved just because our parents cannot give us what we want.
We always feel that what we get is not enough because we want to be like and act like the rest of the teens who are well off. We are given so many opportunities which our parents never had and take things for granted. Many a times we try to emulate other people's cultural norms and mostly the western culture at the expense of our own cultures, which are grounded in deep morals values and principles. As a result, we lose our cultural and traditional values.
We always want to have expensive phones and designer clothes and in the process forget where we come from. We worry so much about how we look.
We want to be recognised and asking too much from our parents and guardians and not even appreciating what they give us. Yes, they give us what we want here and there, but we don't show any gratitude for what they provide for us because we want more than they can afford. We care so much about what people say, but forget the fact that you have to be who you are. So, let us remember to be proud of whom we are and stop bothering about what people say or think because people will always have something to say. We even feel insecure, miserable and sometimes end up feeling suicidal because of comments made about you.
So, hold your head high and love, accept, respect and appreciate who you are and not who other people want you to be. At the end of the day, we are all wonderfully and fearfully created by God.
* Vemutjiua Katjivena is a grade 9 student at Delta Secondary School in Windhoek. She believes in making everybody feel important and also strongly believes that youth will make a better place for the next generation.
We always want to fit in and emulate what others are doing like smoking and drinking alcohol.
We become sexually active just because friends are doing it. We always want to impress others and end up suffering the consequences of our actions. Most of the time we want to follow the crowd and think we are loved just because our parents cannot give us what we want.
We always feel that what we get is not enough because we want to be like and act like the rest of the teens who are well off. We are given so many opportunities which our parents never had and take things for granted. Many a times we try to emulate other people's cultural norms and mostly the western culture at the expense of our own cultures, which are grounded in deep morals values and principles. As a result, we lose our cultural and traditional values.
We always want to have expensive phones and designer clothes and in the process forget where we come from. We worry so much about how we look.
We want to be recognised and asking too much from our parents and guardians and not even appreciating what they give us. Yes, they give us what we want here and there, but we don't show any gratitude for what they provide for us because we want more than they can afford. We care so much about what people say, but forget the fact that you have to be who you are. So, let us remember to be proud of whom we are and stop bothering about what people say or think because people will always have something to say. We even feel insecure, miserable and sometimes end up feeling suicidal because of comments made about you.
So, hold your head high and love, accept, respect and appreciate who you are and not who other people want you to be. At the end of the day, we are all wonderfully and fearfully created by God.
* Vemutjiua Katjivena is a grade 9 student at Delta Secondary School in Windhoek. She believes in making everybody feel important and also strongly believes that youth will make a better place for the next generation.
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