In this section, we will discuss issues of our society that need and should be a concern to all of us. This is our world and as such we must ensure their welfare and the welfare of its inhabitants - US!
Being this my first text, I would like to talk about the mentality of the young Portuguese nowadays. Why? Well, simply because we, the youth, are the future. Life is a cycle in which we are born, live and die!
It is true that today's youth has a different way of living from in the past. The way to have fun is not the same; it seems that the youth of today can only have fun with the help of alcohol, tobacco and rebellion. It is true that on Friday night, in the streets most sought after by young people we can find everything among those who want to “live the night up”: from young people under 15 in an alcoholic coma even before midnight, to groups of 10 in which 100% are teenagers between 14 and 17 and 85% smoke. Not to mention clubs for people over 18 in which we can find 14-year-olds.
Although that is not the rule, it is what is really happening gradually, and no one does anything to change the situation, including parents, who often do not care about it. We may try to justify this with the family environment, but only to a certain extent, because at that age we are efficient enough to quickly realize that it can be a shield to cover our nuisance and our blunders...
Besides, many young people are different and do not fall in such “groups”, while many couples that are separated still manage to keep the education of their children. We can thus conclude that to achieve the right path only takes the will.
I am not saying that we should stop having fun and going out at night; quite on the contrary, we ought to have the greatest fun, but at appropriate times and not at the expense of shirking our responsibilities. After all, youth will not return and we can only live once!
Cheers!
By 302 - Pires
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