TEENS SHOULD BE GIVEN THE FREEDOM THEY WANT to SPEAK

At the age of thirteen a child becomes a teenager. But adolescence can happen at any time during the teenage years. "Adolescence is the growth from childhood to manhood or womanhood". Over the years the teenage generations have changed a lot. Back in the early 50's, Wally Cleaver was the ideal teenager. Then in the 70's the hippie generation took over. The 80's were all about big hair and neon colors. But the teenage generation of today has a great desire to be different. In today's culture, we are breaking all the rules and setting new levels of individuality. Teenagers are finding new and exotic ways to express themselves. They do everything from piercing and tattoos to changing their style of clothes and the color of their hair.

When a child reaches a certain age, he or she grows from being a kid to being a teenager. Some people see this change as just puberty, but this stage does a lot more than foster physical changes. These years are the building blocks that are the ...