Every year, 5,000 teenagers under 25 years old and 2,000 teenagers have died, but this is not due to cancer or car accidents, but by their own hands. These children chose to take away their lives by suicide. Andrea Young Ward describes the reasons and reasons why teenagers decided to live their lives in a story "Many factors contribute to youth's suicide". Youth suicide has increased by 200% since 1960, it is the third largest murderer in the youth and may continue to increase over the next few years.
Depression and suicide rates in adolescence are rising rapidly since 2011, which is the first year in which youth suicide rate is higher than adolescent homicide rate. Researchers discovered that cell phones have this connection and teenagers spend more than 3 hours a day on devices with a 35% risk of suicide. "There is no exception", Twenger wrote. "All screen activities are related to less happiness, and all non-screen activities are related to more happiness." Some of them may be due to screening opportunity costs. I know that friendship between people makes us happy. As Twenty wrote, these devices have changed the meaning of adolescence. For example, in the baby-boomer generation and the X generation, 85% of people participate in the reservation. In the case of iGen, it is only 56%. The high school graduates in 2015 are actually fewer than the 8th grade students in 2009.
Think of today's American people some numbers. "Youths' suicide attempts and completion rates have steadily increased since the 1960s, with 25% of high school students and 10% of university students quadrupling in 1950, suicide teens divided into three groups One: Since it has excellent aggression or self-destructibility, teenagers who refer to suicide should be taken seriously. "(Suicide in 2000, Suicide)
Suicide suicide in adolescence is a growing problem in American culture. Sadly, teenagers are most affected. Youth suicide is increasing rapidly. "About 5,000 young people commit suicide every year in the United States" (Peacock, 4). Youth suicide is a serious and devastating crisis. Today, more teenagers live in an unprecedented way. Adolescent suicide does not affect certain types of adolescence, but it affects all types of adolescence. There are many reasons for youth to rely on suicide. - Teen pregnancy In the United States, 2 out of 10 teenage girls are pregnant at least once in their twenties or about 74,500 people each year. (Prevention and unintentional pregnancy movement in adolescence) Adolescent pregnancy is a serious epidemic in this country. Colleagues and media pressure against puberty sexual intercourse, and misuse or failure of contraceptives are the two main causes of teens pregnancy.