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Subject: Re: Emotions of Today's Youth

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Tammy Elliott

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Date Posted: 22:05:46 02/24/08 Sun
In reply to: Carmen Davis 's message, "Emotions of Today's Youth" on 17:09:13 02/24/08 Sun

>After reading chapter 5, I think I can appreciate and
>understand the emotional development of many of our
>teenagers today. However, I have noticed that many of
>our adolescents today are angry. They do not know how
>to deal with their emotions and channel their emotions
>into a positive attitude. Many of our students are
>stressed about things in their lives that they should
>not have to worry about which may be taking care of
>their younger sibling because mom has to work and
>daddy is no where around. Many of them must get jobs
>to try and help make ends meet at home and cannot
>focus on school like they should. Many of them are
>raising themselves which I think gives them that
>attitude that they are "grown" when in fact they are
>still kids. They are growing up too fast and dealing
>with too many issues which I feel society plays such a
>huge role in their emotional development.
I agree with you. I am experiencing this diplay of emotional development, if you will, in many of my students. I have a young man that is home with his mother and three siblings and no father present. Mother's health is declining by way of a recent heart attack and he is having to pick up the pieces at home. I don't know how well it's going for him there but at school it's not. He acts out to get attention and bullies those that allow him. He seeks peer approval from his "boys" at school and in turn his self-worth sky rockets as a result. Our children are having to grow too soon/fast in this fast paced society, but can not handle it. It's too much too soon. They are not prepared. We as adults know when preparation meets opportunity it's an awesome feeling which promotes high self-esteem.

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Re: Emotions of Today's Youth	Tammy Elliott	22:10:22 02/24/08 Sun