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Today, a lot of teenagers and even adults are saying, “I wish I could go back and be a kid again” (Huffington Post). This suggests that while they were little they didn't fully appreciate the freedom, creativity, and opportunities that were laid before them. Now that they're older they wish they could have been given another chance in order to get a better perspective on who they want to be. Unfortunately, there is a certain point in your life when you just can't drop everything and start over, you’re stuck. The reality is that this new generation of teens are expected to be more like adults. Many kids that attend high school are also working a job, in multiple extracurriculars working hard for college acceptance, playing sports, and hanging out with friends. According to Dr. Gale Gross, this type of constant activity and persistent deadlines “can add a tremendous amount of stress to anyone, not just teens”. With this added stress teens can become sleep deprived and end up becoming cynical about life, especially school (Huffington post). …show more content…

But with all this pressure from parents to succeed and be number one, it takes a toll on kid’s ability to learn and thoroughly consider their future ambitions. Some parents exert pressure unintentionally, which can be seen when a young adult, such as a senior in high school, is trying to choose a career path. In Ellie Williams’s article, she points out that 41% of teens end up choosing their parents career or the career their parents suggest. This means almost half of all the teens in this country and around the world are choosing careers based on someone else's opinion. The result is a generation of young adults who have low self-esteem, little determination, and few ambitions of their own. How is our county, which is founded on innovation and freedom, going to cope with a bunch of

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Although Frank Bruni gives some good points, I agree with Robert Pondiscio rebuttal because he states that those who overwork are more focused and determined but I feel like they’re both missing the point that High School isn’t the only component causing a Teenager to be overstressed. High School can cause many stress factors but it can also cause success to many it all depends on what the person is dealing with at home because there is way more things that go into a teenagers life that does not only revolve around High School although it does play a major part. Frank Bruni who is a columnist wrote the article to give his opinion on “Exhausted Superkids.” Bruni claims that school and teenagers having “helicopter parents” is causing them to be overstressed and casue sleep deprivation.

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While talking about the child's choices referring to the future career, a lot of parents might be prejudiced and biased. Probably, not even realizing it, they do no want to let their child live his or her own life and to make his or her own decisions. On the contrary, there are families, in which parents do not support their children at all and even try to restrain the child from becoming an independent person because they are afraid of losing their only child. Gloria Watkin describes such a problem in her well-known essay Keeping Close to Home. According to the narration of her essay, her parents were increasingly opposed to the Gloria's decision to move study away from home.

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As young people grow, they need to embrace every obstacle in their lives because each hurdle carries a life lesson to learn. In “It’s Official: The Boomerang Kids Won’t Leave,” Davidson states that “If they want a shot at making it into the top 20 percent, they now need to learn a skill before they get a job” (para 8). In other words, students need to accept challenges to grow their skills and values. In fact, the salary doesn’t matter compared to the values young adults received from the skills they have developed. Similarly, people who do not experience any challenges, their mind is unable to transform into adults.

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In the past years, parents used to expect a lot from their children, like earning a lot of money and doing a job that they recommend or expect from you. Women did not have the right to choose their husbands. The youth did not have the right to pursue a career they like, parents chose their career and their life. Youth today do have the choice to choose their career. But sometimes, their parents choose what’s best for them.

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As a child, everyone was asked the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Most responses are a doctor, policeman, or a professional athlete. Children are always encouraged to follow our dreams, but what if we were told at that same age that what we wanted to be would cost anywhere from forty-thousand to one-hundred-thousand dollars? Most kids don’t grow up thinking about how they will get the money to attend school, they focus on their grades and when the time comes they switch their focus to how they are going to come up with the money. Some are fortunate enough to obtain a scholarship and others have parents that are financially able to pay their tuition.

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