What is the most challenging issue for teens today?

Question

What is the most challenging issue for teens today?

Answer 1

avoiding drugs and pregnancy

Answer 2

Money

Answer 3

I think the biggest problem is being able to be who they are, there's peer pressure and standards set by society, and whatever their parents forced into the heads, it hard to think for them selves sometime.

Answer 4

For guys, it is gaining status.  This can be done through joining gangs, teams, finding a group of other like-minded individuals.   Sometimes criminality and violence are a result of the need for status.  

For girls, it is appearance.   Girls are highly focused on their weight, and other issues.  This may lead to pregnancy, since some girls seek male approval.   Other issues that girls face higher then males are suicide and depression.

Answer 5

As a 16 year old Teenage Girl, currently I would say that the most challenging issue for teens today would have to be. Being accepted. That is pretty much everything. because if your not accepted then you cant be happy. or feel good about yourself even if it means being the total oppisite of what you really are.

Answer 6

not being retarded

Answer 7

finding an essence in their existence. teens are too shallow, they  appreciate money, material belongings and beauty above ALL else. thus, huge egos, unfulfilled desires - maybe parents don't have the money, maybe their beauty is questioned... i think they should be aware that, unless they themselves understand and know what they want and how they want to be, nobody else will.

Finding Self, to put it shortly :)

Answer 8

Knowing that in order to be seen as qualified for a good job, will require some sort of certifiable education, either in industrial arts, or a college education with a focus on acquiring knowledge and ability that will be marketable.

Answer 9

economic understanding.