Thursday, September 12, 2013

When the sheep goes black: World of a rebelling teen

          Teen rebellion is a problem that has been around ever since an individual is reaching its puberty stage. Almost every teen goes through some rebellious stage in or after certain years of puberty. Sometimes they are the one who are doing mistakes without thinking many times and they don’t know exactly what they’re doing. Being dishonest, going late because of a party, going anywhere just to have a cutting class, being with someone, girlfriend or boyfriend just to have a one night stand with them, turning to teenage pregnancy and being a teenage mother and being disrespectful to his/her parents are some of the major signs of a teen having a rebellious act.

             Not all teenagers are doing those said signs or rather possess those signs. There are some teens that are good and being respectful to their parents. They are also a follower not only to their parents but also a follower of God. They are the one who follows the rules and the right path. They didn’t know how to disobey their parents in all the aspects of their life since they were a kid. Often, they are also called a child of Christ or a good child of his/her parents not only because they are kind, but they possess the right attitude at the same time, making their parents proud to them. In addition to that, a good teen like them has the ability of being sweet to their parents, so it turns out that they gain more money for their allowance even if they’re not expecting it.

             There are good influences that a good teen has the power to give. Teenager that follows or obeys the rules and going straight to the right path has the right to be loved, in terms of school they may excel and perform well on the class, they gain a lot of friends, get a good grades and most especially they are more loved and cherished by their parents. Opposite of that, a teenager who does not follow the right path may lead to the occurrences of their wrong doings and habits that a teenager should not possess. They are often called “black sheep” of the family. Because they possess a kind of attitude that was also different from their other siblings. Mostly, having a “lack of attention” that is given to them is one of the cause on why do they rebel against their parents.

             Teenager rebels not only because of having lack of attention given to them by their parents but also because they are always hurt physically, mentally and emotionally. These factors may also be a cause on why a teen is having a low self-esteem or self-confidence.  A lot of our self-image is based on interactions we have with other people and our life experiences. They are more often scolded by their parents and some people around them like their professors on the university because of some reasons. They are also bullied by their classmates on school maybe because of their appearance and because of their behaviour outside their home. Teenagers who possess those signs stated must be treated equally and normally like the other teens and like his/her other siblings that they have. They should also be more loves and more given importance because they may be the one who’ll pursue the dreams of their family.


             Being a teen when we reach our puberty and adolescence is not so easy. Adolescence is the period between puberty and adulthood. It can be characterized by two main trends. There are times that we’ll experience different and a lot of things that happened to our body physically, because we are experiencing monthly period for women, mentally and emotionally because as a teen we learn how to love the people on the opposite sex. Being a teen is also being the hope of the nation, we have our role in building our nation, not only building our big dreams but also building ourselves, our buddies, family and our friends. Teenage rebellion is not the solution to fix our problem. It only wastes the time of our lives when we do rebel to people around us. So let’s just start improving ourselves, let’s start the change on ourselves and let a teen be an inspiration not only to their teen mates but also to other people. There’s no such real thing as black sheep. But there are individuals who make themselves black, being different to others.