Is Social Problems Among Teenagers An Increasingly Worrying Phenomenon?

Nowadays, social problems are one of the major concerns in society and the condition got worsen year by year, mainly contributed by teenagers. Social problems emerged due to influences of the bad cultures from other countries. Teenagers cannot identify and differentiate between good and bad conducts. Family crisis has caused the social control in children to be neglected. Parents who often argued will not be able to nurture and educate their children properly. This situation becomes worst when the parents are busy with the tasks at office until they ignore their responsibilities to watch over their children’s behavior. Social problems among teenagers become an increasingly worrying phenomenon that teenagers go through such as early pregnancy, suicidal and drug abuse. However, there are many helpful organizations trying to overcome the social problems among teenagers.

One of the social challenges that we are facing in our daily life is early pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy is defined as an unintended pregnancy during adolescence. Teenage pregnancy in Malaysia has a chronic increased and many young mothers-to-be are estranged from their families. However, teenage pregnancy is a growing issue which is not just happened in Malaysia, but across the globe which the numbers of teenage girls who become pregnant are steadily increasing. One of the factors that contribute to teenage pregnancy is lack of sex