Question

In the Chapter 1 of Dolgin, "The Social Context of Adolescence", the author refers to the changes in American adolescence by describing a series of changes that have taken place in various categories of the social context in American culture. Dolgin uses the term “evolving” to identify these changes.

Question:   Which of these several "evolutions" do you think has had the greatest impact on today's teens?

Answer 1

Some things have had the greatest impact on teens of today. The teens of 21st century are often referred to as people from the millennial generation.They often use technology to resolve their greatest issues and problems. Their thinking and lifestyle has evolved since then.They are more stressful and deal with anxiety problems than the teens before. Stress and anxiety are common among teens and are a result of various issues and things which are to be focused on. The time when people used to date people around them, today's generation hook up and date people online, even long distance relationships are being preferred now and are taken care of with proper understanding by connecting socially through internet. Lifestyle diseases and unhealthy eating habits are giving rise to various physical as well as mental problems that did not existed before.

Some biological evolutionary changes have also taken pace in the way namely the absence of appendix in some people which are not present in the body. Since it is an unwanted part of the internal body and has no use but probes a lot of problems at a certain age due to pain and toxicity. Alcohol consumption has been increasing both among men and some. Earlier women ratio to consume alcohol and drugs were quite less which is leading to the present symptoms of addiction, depressive symptoms and also leading to low concentration. Consumption of alcohol can effectively produce a progeny or newborn with low IQ and some disability as researched by some people in the psycho social studies.