What is the hardest part of being a teenager now? What’s the best part? What advice would you give a younger sibling or friend (assuming they would listen to you)?

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The reality of being a teenager.
Introduction
Being a teenager leaves one with so many insatiable needs ranging from personal to societal. Currently, a teenager has to go to school, participate in the extracurricular activities and also keep up with the intensified social setting. The current generation has been forced to make choices based on the perception of how they are being looked at by their peers. Due to the social pressure, a teenager finds it hard to decide his or her life. However it may be hard to be a teenager now, there are some of the best things to be one.
The hardest part of being a teenager currently is making your own decision without thinking that one is judging you. A teenager finds it hard to have the self-belief in whatever he or she does. As a teenager, one feels the intense anxiety or the fear of given activities or even situation with the concern he or she is being watched or judged. A teenager has an introverted nature and mainly prefers for solitude (Canfield et. al, 20). This leads to suffering from social anxiety. Being a stage that one thinks of being an adult, making a single decision may be hard due to the fear of either making a mistake or being taken for granted. The aversion to trying has made it hard for a teenager to come up with a firm decision.The social anxiety merely leads to the isolation by the teenager. A teenager finds it hard even to consult any adult currently. There a mixed feeling of being right and wrong at the same time (Canfield et al.

, 24). This is due to the prejudgment that a teenager has in every situation which has preoccupied the mind. It, therefore, becomes hard for any teenager to make a right choice based on the decision that lies in front of him or her. As a teenager, one has to juggle with the societal pressure to make the right decision and at the same time make mistakes to learn.
The best part of being a teenager right now is uncertain of who you will be in a couple of years to come. It means you still have so many options to choose from, mistakes to make to be a better person and the dreams to work on to be a successful person. Being a teenager is an adventure which to me is the best thing for being one. A teenager has the opportunity to try new things and be open-minded without being worried about a set plan in life (Canfield et al., 30). I feel this is the period that a teenager thinks that he or she has just started an adventure in life.
The advice that I would give to either my younger sibling or friend is to learn to deal with the social anxiety when he becomes a teenager. He should not fear to make mistakes during this time and should be ready to share what he goes through in life with me or some other adults around him. As a teenager, I have had to deal with the isolation in the society encompassed with fear. The fear clouded my mind to the extent that I even felt trying was a major mistake as a teenager. As my sibling or friend, he should not have the same feeling. To grow and learn involves making mistakes and that should be his first step. He should not be ready to go through the same road that I went through. If he does this, the future holds a bright future for him as he’ll be able and ready to learn.
Work cited
Canfield, Jack, Mark V. Hansen, and Amy Newmark. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times for Teens: 101 Stories About the Hardest Parts of Being a Teenager. Cos Cob, CT: Chicken Soup for the Soul Pub, 2012. Print. Retrieved from: http://wnpr.org/post/what-s-hardest-part-about-being-teen.