The article, “On teenagers and Tattoos”, written by Dr. Andres Martin, is an expository piece examining the motivation, significance and function of tattoos for teenagers. Dr. Martin explains that by understanding the reasons or motivations behind tattoos, adults and parents can better understand and get to know their children. The audience that Martin is trying to address is not only families that disagree with their teenagers having tattoos, but is also addressing the adults who tend to frown upon the individuals who have tattoos. In this text, Martin addresses the growing fad of tattoos, and why our youth is turning to a more permanent way of expressing themselves. The goal of this article was to inform adults of the many different motivations of teen tattooing in order to reduce the assumptions many adults make.
Like hairdo, makeup, or baggy jeans, tattoos and piercings can be subject to fad influence or peer pressure in an effort toward group affiliation. As with any other fashion statement, they can be construed as bod ily aids in the inner struggle toward identity consolida tion, serving as adjuncts to the defining and sculpting of the self by means of external manipulations. But unlike most other body decorations, tattoos and piercings are set apart by their irreversible and permanent nature, a quality at the core of their magnetic appeal to adolescents. Adolescents and their parents are often at odds over the acquisition of bodily decorations. For the adolescent, pierc ing or tattoos may be seen as
Teenage years is probably one of the most challenging periods of life. It is a stage of identity versus confusion – knowing oneself compared to losing oneself. Belonging and being accepted in a group is very important and being "cool" as well. During these years of growing up, teenagers encounter their share of positive and negative experiences. Peer pressure, curiosity, and the availability of drugs are factors that some youthful and vulnerable teenagers have to deal with in their adolescent lives.
This also influences their social lives and restricts their participation in school and the community activities. The overall period of adolescence is generally characterized by instability, uncertainty and challenge. (Craig & Dunn, 257) Teen drivers are at very high risk for all crash types which involves the composition of distinct factors like the attributes and behaviors of the drivers, period in the day or week and the context of the vehicle. From general study, teens are seen to be high-risk takers, which shows in their driving inexperience, underdeveloped skills and immaturity. This shows in other words novelty seeking behavior of the teen.
SOWK 505-FALL 2012 Assignment #1 Dominique Bush October 1, 2012 Tosha Sweets What Makes Teens Tick Many parents go through a time of misunderstanding and deliberate disobedience with their teenage child, however many do not understand the reasons behind the repetitive actions. The article titled, “What Makes Teens Tick” written by Claudia Wallis had many scientific points as to what the teens are affected by during the time of adolescent maturation and growth. A major project that the article focused on was the imaging of teen brains with a focus on several twin brains. Seeing the difference in exposures in addition to the normal development was a great insight to see how different parts of the brain operate. Another topic that is widely discussed and possibly links too many disorders such as ADHD and or Autisms is pruning of the brain.
A Sense of Who I Really Am Ashley Cribbs Baker College Composition 1 Valerie Haas Monday’s and Wednesday’s A Sense Of Who I Really Am. When it comes to adolescents and tattoos, I can understand why parents get upset about them. The majority of teens don’t take much into consideration like they should when choosing a tattoo they want. Most often they get one merely because they think it looks cool or they feel peer pressured in an effort toward a group affiliation. I read a rather intriguing piece by Andres Martin called On Teenagers and Tattoos.
Environment Environment has had a powerful influence on developing youth, most importantly in areas of lower household income. Being surrounded by gangs, racial discrimination, or lack of education (all components of the environment) has influenced the youth into the choices they have made in life, either making or breaking them. The youth makes choices that make them feel comfortable during the time without analyzing them carefully because of the way they were raised and the environment in which they grew in; for example, “Monster” by Sanyika Shakur is a first-hand account of the experiences of a south central Los Angeles gang member that grew in a troubled environment in where many gangs were located and that led him into the choices
WP2 Synthesis 7/6/2012 Gangs Gangs in the world today have been a major issue to all governments. Gangs will continue to be a problem in our world today because of an informal market, poverty and the youth today. Danny Malec wrote a review on Transforming Latino Gang Violence in the United States. In this article he believes and understands that due to the United States having an informal market, seduces the youth today by replacing family role models with gang members. Grossman agrees with Malec’s views, while taking a media strong stand point on this issue.
“On teenagers and tattoos” In the article about “teenagers and tattoos” the writer talks about the usual groups of adolescents who normally get tattoos, and also talks about the psychological issues that the adolescent could have, in which directs the adolescent toward getting a tattoo. Not only to adolescents get tattoos, but when an adolescent decides on getting a tattoo there are many factors that go into their decision; following a trend, peer pressure, and even using tattoos as a way to express themselves, and to feel more independent about their lives and body. The audience of this article would be directed towards psychiatrists as opposed to your basic person. The article was written in June of 1997, and even though the times are different and the fads are not the same today as they were in 1997, there is still one thing in common and that was adolescents getting tattoos on their bodies. In this article it gives facts and opinions, “on teenagers and tattoos”, for instance, when talking about the reasoning for which adolescents tattoo their bodies would be an opinion, no one can really say why someone chose to do something, you can get a good idea by doing surveys and questionnaires but everyone is different.
As most of us know, life in general is full of challenges that we as adults must face everyday. This is no different for teenagers and especially “at-risk” teenagers. At-risk teenagers are teens who are not capable of functioning normally in society due to the circumstances that surround them. “A Variety of Factors Put Teens at Risk” by Laura K. Egendorf and Jennifer A. Hurley discusses the problems at-risk teens have today due to pregnancy, alcohol, and single-parent families, and concludes that the way to address such problems is through school and community based programs. In “Job Training Can Help Teenagers” by Carol Wekesser, she discusses placing and training teens in jobs to help deter the problems associated with at-risk teen issues like pregnancy and alcohol abuse.