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
Seeing as many teens in the world today are worried about how they dress, what they look like, and how they may eat, this would compel the youth to become more healthy and be thinner by eating less and exercising more. Teenagers would obsess over perceived and increased shortcomings or imperfections to make them feel like they fit in. Lack of self-esteem would contribute to teens searching for an identity. Teens as a whole are rapidly growing and changing in different ways, whether it is concerning their bodies or a mental state of mind. With all of this development in the world, everyone is concerned with how his or her body are changing and needing new things.
Finally, says Martin, because teens are disturbed by modern society's mobility and fragmentation and because they long for stability and rootedness, the irreversible nature of tattoos may give them a sense of permanence. Martin concludes that tattoos can be a meaningful record of survived teen experiences. He encourages therapists to regard teen tattoos as "self constructive and adorning efforts", rather than as "mutilatory and destructive acts" (113), and suggests that tattoos can help therapists understand teenagers better. Works Cited Martin, Andres. "On Teenagers and Tattoos."
Fitting in with society and changing ones character and personality to accommodate others is a common problem among teenagers and young adults. Whether it is to fit in to a club, or even join a gang. Sometimes people change for positive reasons, but in most cases teenagers often change themselves in negative ways so that other people will find them interesting. In the novel The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, fitting in and discovering ones true identity is the major theme.
For most teenagers, school is as much a popularity contest as it is an opportunity to further one's education, maybe even more so. Students have to keep up an appearance and a social life, however problems can arise, due to restrictions put in place by parents, schools, laws etc. A teenager wanting to dye her hair blue would raise her parent's concern, a more serious example is if a teenager was involved in illegal drugs, law enforcement may be involved. Though it may seem unhelpful to say this, a teenager changing themselves is probably the only way they will survive, however what's to say they won't naturally change of their own accord? It is common knowledge that change is unavoidable, and teenagers being the hormonal creatures that they are, they are bound to alter their personality and appearance purposely or subconsciously.
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.
Teen-Parent Communication About Sex When young people feel unconnected at home, family, and school, they may become involved in activities that put their health at risk. However, when parents affirm the values of their children, young people often develop positive, healthy attitudes about themselves, therefore delaying in sexual activity. The writer’s purpose(s) for writing these articles is because risky teen behavior is on the rise, and what are parents and families doing/not doing to promote safe behavior? I chose these articles because I am a teen parent, and I feel that if I had been able to have “the talk” sooner, more in depth, and more often, that it may have prevented my pregnancy. Teen Sexuality’s research showed a few things: Adolescents who stated that they were connected with their parents were more likely than other teens to delay sexual intercourse.
Some people might say that teens don’t know what they are doing making a decision so soon. They also might say things like the technology that performs these operations are poor, and that many people often are not happy with the outcome. Teens should be allowed to have a gender reassignment surgery with parental consent. They have the right to choose whether or not they feel the way they do. There hormones would be tested along with other medical procedures that would be performed.
Cameron Williams 11 April 2011 4th Hour Ms. Mason Music Affect on Teens The negative effects that music can have on teens are that it encourages sexual activity, causes hearing loss, and encourages violence, but positive effect that music can have on teens is that it can help them concentrate, it can help them have a positive mind and can help them do better in school. During teenage years, teens use music as an escape to their problem. But music can affect teenager’s life in a negative way, like causing them to go to jail, or even death, or in positive ways like causing them to become good writers, or entertaining them. Teens listen to different songs with different messages, some good, and some bad. It depends how the teen react to the music.