Population — Social Studies STD 9 — Question

Adolescents are generally grouped in the age-group of 10 to 19 years. They are the most important resource for the future. It constitutes one-fifth of the total population of India.Problems faced by adolescents are:

1. Adolescents usually do not feel comfortable in the family or parties, because their thought process and likes usually do not match with the other people, neither with the children nor with the adults.
2. Due to hormonal changes they get problems such as pimples and other biological changes, they become comfortable with their sexuality and develop intimacy.
3. Adolescents usually start feeling insecure. Insecurity in adolescents arises sometimes because they are not able to cope with the pressure of high performance.
4. They face this problem of establishing their own identity.
5. Many of them get into drinking habits, become rebellious.
6. Peer pressure and pressure of making their own mark and achieve something.
7. A large number of adolescents girls suffer from anaemia.