Generation issues

Todays generation has a lot going on and society is not the same anymore. This topic is a topic that I am very familar with and can share a lot of information on because I am currently working on my senior project and my topic is Generational development. The main issues that this generation now has a problem with are things such as: social media, drugs, and the economy. Many people dont realize that these are the main three things that have taken over the younger generation, and with future generations to come its only going to get worse.

Social media is really the number one thing that has taken over young peoples mind. It has become a distraction and the more people are coming in contact with social media the more they are losing focus on things that really matter. Social media has caused a lot of young people in todays generation to kill themselves or get bullied over. People are also getting embarrassed by using social media because we have young females using social media and some of the things that they put on their twitter, or facebook, or instagram etc. are causing them to be called all kind of names, and giving them bad looks. Maybe some people think that its their fault but i would like to think otherwise. I believe that its societys fault because people follow trends, and celebrities, and watching television it`s all making people think its cool to do something so its mind controlling, even though people do have minds of their own, they still want to feel like they belong so they do things to make them fit in.

Drugs and the economy is another thing that young people are having problems with today as well. More than 22 million Americans age 12 and older nearly 9% of the U.S. population use illegal drugs, according to the government’s national survey on drug use and health. So, if its this many people using drugs now, imagine in the future how many more people are going to be involved with drug activities. In my opinion, some people only go by the things that they see, if one person is using drugs and the next person isnt then that person starts using drugs because everyone else around them is doing it. Todays economy is messed up because people seem to not have a mind of their own anymore. Its like the world is basically based off of going by what they see and hear rather than what people know.