Welcome to the Showers of Books Giveaway Hop. This giveaway runs April 24-April 30, 2013. Please fill out the form below to enter. Five winners will be chosen. The first winner will get a $10 Amazon gift code AND their choice of any of my eBooks. The rest of the winners will get their choice of any of my eBooks. A Smashwords code or email with file attached will be sent.
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I write YA drama and paranormal. Find out more about them by clicking on the tabs above.
I write YA drama and paranormal. Find out more about them by clicking on the tabs above.
I think it would have to be the fact that teens cannot turn to their parents for things. There is parental trust issues. It leads to resolvable issues that could be avoided if they were only addressed.
ReplyDeleteLack of direction and increased external stressors.
ReplyDeleteBullying, or teasing as it was called in my day, is a serious problem with teens and kids of all ages these days.
ReplyDeleteThe pressure to manage it all & manage it well. They have to maintain good grades, chores, parental expectations, a healthy social life, & peer expectations. It's a lot.
ReplyDeleteBullying.
ReplyDeleteThe same issues teens have always face in the world. Bullying, acceptance, self discovery. Human behavior doesn't really change no matter how much people what it too.
ReplyDeleteMary G Loki
I think a lot of teens are left to their own devices, and parents are not around for them. They are not getting the guidance they need. At an age when they need a parent's influence more than ever, they are turning to friends. Parents need to regain parental influence.
ReplyDeleteI think the biggest thing I have seen is bullying and especially how the schools are dealing with it.
ReplyDeleteRafflecopter Name Dawna Newman
I know teens of the 60s and 70s faced many of the same issues but now it is even more widespread and EXPECTED by peers. The teens sho try to live higher moral and Christlike lives are ridiculed by peers. Everything sexual and unlimited use of filthy language is forced on them from friends, media -including music, and even by a large amount of adults.
ReplyDeleteI think fitting in especially when you have to change schools in the middle of the year.
ReplyDeleteLack of self confidence.
ReplyDeleteHigher expectations (academics and social, among other things).
ReplyDeleteBullying for sure.
ReplyDeleteBullying and body image.
ReplyDeleteI love Spring. it's when the cold and ice of winter melts away and flowers begin to bloom. The grass becomes green again. The birds chirp in the trees. And the weather warms, which is probably the very best part! So far, I have experienced many April showers. I can't wait for their inevitable consequence: flowers!
Thanks for the giveaway and Happy Spring!
mestith at gmail dot com
Awesome giveaway!!!
ReplyDeleteBullying. My fifteen year old daughter has been bullied this entire school year by a boy who is obsessed with her. He was sent to jail and had trial but apparently only got probation. She has tried to overdose twice and wants to be home-schooled next year. He is just a messed up kid whose parents dumped him with his grandmother. He hates himself and has found someone to take his pain and anger out on. It's a vicious circle. parents are really not stepping up anymore to take responsibility for their children.
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ReplyDeletetoughest issue is drugs i think, carawling(at)hotmail(DOt)com
ReplyDeleteTough question! I think trying to look like the models on TV and magazines.
ReplyDeleteThere are too many, especially bullying, drugs and body image. Parents need to pay closer attention to their daughters and sons, they need to know who they hang up with because sometimes friends aren't truly friends, bad influence.
ReplyDeleteGrowing up too fast and being over exposed to sexual innuendos and content.
ReplyDeleteI think bullying and low self esteem are two of the biggest issues teenagers face nowadays.
ReplyDeleteBullying and just not getting the chance to be kids anymore.
ReplyDeleteLack of a stable home with the their parents divorcing or being a single parent some teens don't role models or supervision like they need.
ReplyDeleteBullying and the way people are portrayed in the media. It's impossible to look like them because they're photoshopped, but everyone still tries to!
ReplyDeleteI am a teen and I'm not even sure...
ReplyDeleteOh, I don't know. The portrayal of violence as something normal. The media who are supplying them with a goal: how too look and act to be successful. And that usually means: a criminal, a scantly dressed starlet or a shady businessman.
ReplyDeleteI think being accepted for who you are, sexual awareness and bullying
ReplyDeleteI think studies and problems. Thanks. :D
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your comments so far!
ReplyDeleteI think the issues teens are facing are the same that we have all faced. Such as, bullying, peer pressure, self acceptance, self confidence and violence. Thank you for the amazing giveaway!!
ReplyDeleteI think the marriage of technology & 'real life' is a difficult one for teens these days.
ReplyDeleteObesity!
ReplyDeleteThe same as it has always been..pressure to fit in and to do what everyone else is doing.
ReplyDeleteBullying, and self esteem issues.
ReplyDeleteInformation overload especially when it is the wrong kind info that has a bad influence, peer pressure and too much focus on the materialistic.
ReplyDeleteBullying
ReplyDeleteAs a teenager, I can say that bullying is a really, really common issue going on nowadays.
ReplyDeleteI would say bullying, the media, violence, and peer pressure. I really feel bad for the kids growing up in this generation. It was never this bad when I was growing up..just gets worse and worse everyday sadly.
ReplyDeleteSo much violence.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the contest.
slehan at juno dot com
Bullying!
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ReplyDeleteI would say bullying, but sometimes I worry about the state of the environment and how they will have to clean up our messes.
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