Is it easy to be young ?

“BEING A TEENAGER” – WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
It means
having everything for the first time
being with friends
having problems with parents
taking a lot of exams
having problems with skin
going to parties and discotheques
lacking understanding on the part of people who surround him
learning to take the consequences of actions

What are teens’ life ambitions?
They want to
Enjoy life
Be independent
Express their individuality
Be taken seriously
Earn money
Do well at school
Have their own values and beliefs
Try out all sort of options
Protest against the society
Change the world to the best

What problems worry young people ?
Family problems
Personal problems
School problems
Violence
Aggressiveness
Cruelty
Drug addiction
Drinking problems
Poverty
Discrimination

What are the reasons of the teens’ problems?
The reasons are (that)
Teens get depressed and upset
They are badly treated at home
Their parents are quite indifferent
Teens are not taken seriously
They can’t solve their problems themselves
The system of our life
The changes of the society

Young People – Old Problems?
Nowadays, more and more social problems
are associated with being young.
Different people explain the reasons for teenagers’ behaviour:
The Government
The specialists
Adults
Teenagers

The Government says that violence, AIDS, drugs, alchohol are more and more associated with youngsters.
The specialists explain that the changes in our society force young people choose their own lifestyle.
Adults think that the teenagers are too young to be taken seriously.
Teenagers admit that they often cannot solve their problems themselves.

EVERYONE HAS RIGHTS,
INCLUDING YOU
To protect children’s rights the United Nations has worked out an international agreement called the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
It gives you different rights.

RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
Are divided into
social
political
cultural

Do You Know These Rights?
All Children have
The right to non-discrimination
The right to life
The right to name and nationality at birth
The right to health and health care
The right to education and development
The right to leisure
The right to express their views
The right to information
The right to meet other people
The right to privacy
The right to take a full and active part in everyday life
The right to protection
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The difference between rule, law, regulation,
obligation and right : (from the dictionary)
Rule-1.law or custom which guides or controls behaviour or action:~s of the game.2.something that can or must be done according to regulation.
Law - rule made by authority for the proper regulation of a community or society.
Regulation – rule, order ; authoritative direction.
Obligation – duty that shows what action must be taken(e.g.:the power of the law, a sense of what is right).
Right – something one may do or have by law, authority, etc.: human~.

There are a lot of organisations all over the world that help people to cope with their problems.
The NSPCC – National Security for the Protection of Cruelty to Children was founded in Britain in 1884. It helps children. The NSPCC has inspectors all over the country. Some people who work there are volunteers. Everybody who has a suspicion that a child is being treated badly can inform one of the inspectors or even write a letter.This organisation also includes child health care, the care and the protection of single parents.

The organisation “SAVE the CHILDREN”
This organisation was founded in 1990 in Latvia by initiative of a children’s doctor Inguna Ebele. Experts and specialists investigate into the family’s situation, work out documents aimed at the improvement of this situation. More than 1000 members work there nowadays.
A centre responsible for implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child was founded in Latvia.

ALL FAMILIES HAVE RULES
What rules does your family have?
MY PARENTS
Allow me to…
Let me…
Make me…
Forbid me…

MY PARENTS ALLOW ME:
To watch what I want on TV
To eat what I want and like
To have my pocket money
To dress the way I want
To drive the car
To decide what to do after finishing school
To make friends with a boy or a girl

MY PARENTS LET ME
Choose my own friends
Get a part time job
Cook dinner for myself
Spend my pocket money
Go to discos
Wear jeans to school
Organize parties at home

MY PARENTS MAKE ME
be home by 11 o’clock
wear school uniform
help about the house
do my lessons
show my school diary
read books
play musical instruments
be always carefully

MY PARENTS FORBID ME
to stay late at night
to smoke
to drink alcohol
to wear jeans to school
to organize parties at home
to drive a car
to watch film for adults on TV

Teenagers like wearing T-shirts
with messages on them:
Life for fun !
Put alcohol out of fashion !
Everyone has right to BE FREE !
Say NO to drugs !
Say YES to LOVE !
Always ready for actions !
Love me !
Enjoy life as it is !

Poems with rules decided for
young people by adults
“ Learn well your grammar,
And never stammer,
Write well and neatly,
And sing most sweetly”.
Edward Lear

YOU ARE THE OLDEST
You who are the oldest,
You who are the tallest,
Don’t you think you ought to help
The youngest and the smallest?
You who are the strongest,
You who are the quickest,
Don’t you think you ought to help
The weakest and the sickest?
Gelett Burgess

“ For a child “
A child should always say what’s true
And speak when he is spoken to,
And behave mannerly at the table;
At least as far as he is able.
Robert Louis Stevenson

“ Do as I say ! ”
Take out the papers and the trash,
Or you don’t get no spending cash.
You ain’t gonna rock and roll no more.
Yakety-yak.
Don’t tack back.
Just finish cleaning up your room,
Let’s see the dust fly with that broom,
Get all the garbage out of sight,
Or you don’t go out Friday night.
Don’t you give me no dirty looks,
Your mother hip, she knows what cook.
Just tell your hoodlum friend outside,
You ain’t got time to take a ride. J. Leiber and M. Stoller