Teenagers Dealing With An Identity Crisis

Everyone knows that the teenage years are some of the hardest years in your life, you go through changes in your body, you face the new pressures of growing up, you are pressured by your friends to be or do certain things and on top of that, you don't really fit in. And by that I mean that you're not quite a kid, but you certainly aren't an adult yet. This is why I believe that the number one problem adolescents deal with is a senses of identity and finding a place in this world where they fit in. Every teenager has gone through an identity crisis where they couldn't decide who they were or who they wanted to be. We change our wardrobe, our preferences, our personality and even our morals. We are willing to change everything about us just to fit in somewhere. We move around from group to group desperately searching for somewhere to fit in; honestly just anyone who will accept us for who we are. 

A news station in Kansas recently asked teenagers what they think about this whole situation of "fitting in", and the responses were just what they predicted. 

"People, so they won't be alone, they'll just join cliques because they'll want to feel like they fit in, even when they really don't," said eighth grader Monserrat Barrera. 

Another eighth grader agreed, saying "They'll pretty much do anything to be popular."

As you can see, even teenagers agree they deal with this problem. Most will admit that at some point, they have changed something about themselves just to fit in. And although they may not like something; if it means fitting in, they'll do whatever it takes. Although this is a problem in teens, the problem is also in the teens. The reason that teenagers are constantly searching for their identity and desperately trying to fit in is because we live in a world that if you aren't like everyone else, you aren't cool. So if you don't like a certain type of music, or you don't dress a certain way, then you won't be accepted. The only solution to this problem is for teenagers to fix it themselves. Although every age group faces the issue, teenagers have it the worst. If teenagers would simply accept people for who  they are and not what they do, this problem could be eliminated. 

http://www.katv.com/story/16955553/fitting-in-as-a-teenager-how-to-help-your-child-face-cliques