BLOG POST 5: MODERN TELESERYES

Many children and teenagers now a day are watching and patronizing teleserye like “bagito”. Yes watching teleserye is one of our ways to relax, but for the teenagers and children teleserye have a big impact for them because they are in the stage of curiosity, the stage where they want to know everything and they want to try everything.

The main target of the teleserye like “bagito” is the teenagers who are in the stage of curiosity, and because of their curiosity they tend to have misadventures in life. Not only “bagito” can influence the way of thinking of the children and teenagers. Here in the Philippines there are many teleserye that are same storyline with “bagito” like “katorse”, “angelito:ang batang ama” and “rubi”. This kind of teleserye has a big impact for the teenagers and children specially when the actor/actress was the idol of the teenager/ children.

I read an article entitled “How Films Affect Teens' Behavior” from the site globalpost.com with its writer Angeliki Coconi.

The writer discus how film affects the behavior of teenagers. She discus here that  teenagers can get many things in watching movies/ teleserye like “Sexy Decisions” she  discus here that teenagers are involved in the sex related decisions, she also discus that because of this the teenagers are involved in multiple lovers and engaged in infidelity and even the lost of their virginity in early age. ” Negative Messages” because of the movies/teleserye that he teenagers watched they get/absorbed the wrong /negative messages. “Smoking's Cool” because of the movies/teleserye that he teenagers watched they absorbed the thought that smoking is cool. “The Scare Factor” it was discus there that when a teenager/children watched a horror/scary film they can have short- and long-term damage in their mind and can be traumatize.

According to Angeliki “Films are a major part of teenage life and culture” I agree with her because now a days teenagers can watch any time they want and anywhere because of their technology and gadgets.

Because of the earlier article I was curious on what is the effects of a movie in a tenager.

Luckily I found this slide entitled “Movies and their Effects on Teens” from the site slideshare.net with its writer Cody Maymon.

In his slides he discus the definitions, the positive and the negative effects of movies for teenagers. In his definitions he stated that “popular culture refers to the believes and practices and he objects through which they are organize, that are widely shared among a population” and “a theatrical released nonfiction motion picture dealing with creatively with cultural, artistic, historical, social, scientific, economic or other subjects ”.

 The positive effects are movies can provide fun activity for weekend, watching movies can build child/teenagers imagination, watching movies can open the eyes of the teenager o see reality that shows real problems. The negative effects of watching movies are watching movies can cost a lot of time and lot of money for teenagers, watching movies can promote drug use, smoking, watching movies can cause violent behaviors and sometimes the way to solve a problem in movies are wrong.

According to Cody “As teens grow older movies become more special and being to have a positive and lasting impact on their lives” I agree with him because it is true that as time goes by more positive things that movies can give us, but there is also a negative things that we can get in watching movies.

With this blog post I conclude that watching movies can affect the teenager’s behavior in terms of Sexy Decisions, Negative Messages, Smoking's Cool, and The Scare Factor. I also learn that watching movies have negative and positive effects. Like in positive teenagers who watch movies can have extra ordinary imaginations, watching movies can open the eyes of the teenagers in what is happening in reality and they can see real problems. And watching movies have negative effect too. Like watching movies can cost a lot of money and time, and also some of the way of solving a problem in a movies are wrong that’s why some of the teenagers adopt that kind of wan in solving a problem

BLOG POST 4: TEENAGE ALCOHOL ABUSE

Here in the Philippines many people specially teenagers are finding comfort in drinking liquors and other alcoholic beverages. Just what I said in my first blog post it all started in curiosity. At first teenagers will try a small amount until one day they will find their self addicted to it and they cannot even stop themselves in drinking. Some teenagers drink because they want to escape from their problems and leave reality even in just a minute of time.

I read an article entitled “Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse” from the site HELPGUIDE.ORG with its writers Melinda Smith, Lawrence Robinson, and Jeanne Segal.

In this article the writers discuss about the “Alcoholism and Alcohol abuse”, “Signs and Symptoms of alcohol abuse”, “Signs and symptoms of alcoholism (alcohol dependence)”, “Drinking problems and denial”, and  “When your teen has a drinking problem”.

In “Alcoholism and Alcohol abuse” they discuss that Alcoholism and Alcohol abuse are because of the following factors. First is the “Genetics”, they stated here that it is connected on how you grow, what is your social environment and of course your emotional health. Second are “the Racial groups” like American-Indians and Native Alaskans. Third are “the People who have a family history of alcoholism” or people surrounded by heavy drinkers. Fourth is “the People who suffer from a mental health problems” like anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder.

In “Signs and Symptoms of Alcohol Abuse” they discuss the signs and symptoms that a person is an alcohol abuser. First is the “Repeatedly neglecting your responsibilities at home, work, or school because of your drinking”. Second is the “Using alcohol in situations where it’s physically dangerous”. Third is the “Experiencing repeated legal problems on account of your drinking”. Fourth is the “Continuing to drink even though your alcohol use is causing problems in your relationships”. Fifth is the “Drinking as a way to relax or de-stress”.

In “Signs and symptoms of alcoholism (alcohol dependence)” they discuss the signs and symptoms of alcoholism in an alcohol dependent. First is the “Tolerance: The 1st major warning sign of alcoholism”. Second is the “Withdrawal: The 2nd major warning sign of alcoholism”, this includes anxiety or jumpiness, shakiness or trembling, sweating, nausea and vomiting, insomnia, depression, irritability, fatigue, loss of appetite and Headache. Third are the other symptoms like the lost of control over drinking, the desire to quit drinking, but can’t, the giving up of other activities for alcohol, alcohol gets the great deal of your energy and focus, drinking even if you know it cause problems.

In “Drinking problems and denial” they discuss how people who have a drinking problem denied that they have and they also give a guidelines on how to deny it. Like “Drastically underestimating how much you drink”, “Downplaying the negative consequences of your drinking”, “Complaining that family and friends are exaggerating the problem” and “Blaming your drinking or drinking-related problems on others”.

They also give the “Myths about Alcoholism and Alcohol abuse”. First myth is “I can stop drinking anytime I want to”. Second myth is “My drinking is my problem. I’m the one it hurts, so no one has the right to tell me to stop”. Third myth is “I don’t drink every day, so I can’t be an alcoholic or I only drink wine or beer, so I can’t be an alcoholic”. Fourth myth is “I’m not an alcoholic because I have a job and I’m doing okay”. Fifth myth is “Drinking is not a “real” addiction like drug abuse”.

In “When your teen has a drinking problem” they give some tips/steps that the parents can use for their drunken children. First step is “Lay down rules and consequences”. Second step is “Monitor your teen’s activity”. Third is “Encourage other interests and social activities”. Fourth is “Talk to your child about underlying issues. Drinking can be the result of other problems. Is your child having trouble fitting”. And the Fifth is “Get outside help”.

According to them “If your drinking is causing problems in your life, you have a drinking problem” I agree with them because I believe that drinking is not the solution to our problems, yes we can forget our problems because of the effect of liquor but when you wake-up the next day your problem is still there, and being drunk is not giving a solution to your problems in life.

After reading the article, there is another question that came into my mind and that was “What are the effects of alcohol abuse to the teenagers?”

With this I search through the internet to find the answer to my question, and luckily I found this article entitled “Alcohol and Teens” from the site MedicineNet.com with its writer Roxanne Dryden-Edwards.

In this article she discuss about Alcoholism means, how much alcohol do teens use, and  the dangerous effects of alcohol use in teens.

The definition of alcoholism that she discusses was the same as defined in my first article. For the question “How much alcohol do teens use?”, the answer, as written in her article that “14% of teens have been intoxicated at least once in the past year” and “8% of teens who drink say they drink at least five or more alcoholic drinks in a row (binge drink)”.

She also discuss in her article the effects of alcohol use in teens, here are some. First it decreases the ability of the teenager to pay attention. Second teenagers who experience alcohol withdrawal have difficulties in memorization. Third teenage brain that is exposed in alcohol has a risk that some parts of their brain will become smaller. Fourth teenager who drink was more likely engage in having intercourse with stranger.   And the Fifth it can cause emotional problems.

According to Roxanne “The younger a person is when they begin drinking, the more likely they are to develop a problem with alcohol” I agree with her because I believe that one’s a child is starting to drink, even a small amount of liquor/alcohol at first, the day will come that he/she is mot contented in a small amount anymore.

In teleserye and film/movies, there are many instances that they promote alcohol / liquor like in James Bond film entitled “Quantum of Solace” . These films/movies and teleserye are the one who makes the teenagers more curious in drinking liquor / alcohol that leads to alcohol abuse after a long time. Some of the children and teenagers tough that when you drink you are cool.

I found an article entitled “Alcohol in Movies Can Nudge Teens Toward Drinking” from the site  ncadd.org with its writer Jennifer Larue Huget.

 In this article the writer conducts a study. He interview more than 6,500 U.S. teenagers ages from 10 to 14 four times over two years, about the factors of their life including their parental behaviors, peer interactions, their own rebellious attitudes and behaviors and the movies they'd watched. As the result of the interview, it shows that in five years the children and teenagers see 8 hours worth of on-screen drinking.

According to Larue “perhaps regulating the uses of alcohol in movies could have an impact on teen drinking behaviors” I agree with her , the film makers need to minimize the appearance of liquor / alcohol in their movies/ teleserye because it has a strong impact that, teenagers and children can adopt.

Therefore I conclude that drinking liquor and alcoholic beverages is not the best way to escape from our problems. It is not the solution; yes it can make you forget your problems for a while because you are dizzy but when you wake up on the next day, it cannot deny the fact that your problem is still there and the alcohol cannot do anything to solve your problems.

BLOG POST 3: TEENAGE DRUG ABUSE

Many teenagers and children now a day are addicted to drugs; some of them are because of peer pressure while the others are because of curiosity.  Teenagers and children are more curious about something that’s why they are the one who are easy to believe. Because they are curiosity they will tend to try a little amount of drugs until one day they would realize that they are addicted to it.

I read an article entitled “What is drug abuse?” from the site medicinenet.com with its writer Roxanne Dryden-Edwards.

She discusses the definition of drug abuse according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. It was stated there that drug users are the one who have many problems, that includes difficulties because of drug uses.

She also discusses in this article the stages of drug use. First stage that she discus is the “described as access to drugs but no use thereof”, in this stage she discus that the risk of the factors make teenagers exposed to drug abuse. The Second stage that she discus was “ranges from experimentation or occasional use to regular weekly use of substances”. The Third stage that she discus was “characterized by youth progressing to further increasing the frequency of using one or more drugs on a regular basis”, this stage includes buying selling and other transaction that teenager do when it comes to drugs. The Fourth stage that she discus was “adolescents have established regular usage”. And last but not the lease. The Fifth stage that she discus was “defined by the youth only feeling "normal" when they are using”, in this stage the teenagers was engaged to the bad doings like steeling, drug racing, physical fights , and many more.

According to Roxanne “using more of a substance or for longer time than intended, and other life problems because of their use of a drug or drugs”. I agree with her because I think the drug abuse starts with tasting a little amount of drugs until they felt that there are good effects that drugs bring to them, and when the time goes by they will increase the amount of the drugs they intake because they think that the small amount that they take is not that effective any more.

  

Because of what I read in my previous article I become curious in the effects of drugs so I research the effects of it. Luckily I found the effects of the drugs in the same site and with same writer that I use in my previews article.

Luckily I found this article entitled “What are the dangerous effects of drug use in teens?” from the site medicinenet.com with its writer Roxanne Dryden-Edwards.

She discus here the effects of drug use/ abuse for teenager.  The First effect that she discus was about the attention of the teenagers. The Second effect that she discus was about the feeling of needing a drugs when they want to quit in using drugs. The Third effect that she discus was about the eagerness of a teenager in having an unprotected intercourse with a stranger and having a rape cases. The Fourth effect that she discus was about the cases that the teenagers are having a hallucinations and emotional problems like anxiety, mood swings, and even depression. The Fifth effect that she discus was about drugs can cause baldness, heart attacks, strokes, liver disease, cancer, acne and infections, including HIV/AIDS in both sexes. The Sixth effect that she discus was about drugs can cause death.

According to Roxanne “The younger a person is when they begin using drugs the more likely they are to develop a substance-abuse” I agree with her because it is true that the younger age of a person  uses drugs the higher the risk of him/her to be addicted to it.

In teleserye and film/movies, there are many instances that they promote drugs like in  A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Babel  and . These films/movies and teleserye are the one who makes the teenagers more curious in using drugs that leads to drug abuse after a long time.

I found a article entitled “Do Movies and TV Series Influence Drug Use?” from the site floridabeachrehab.com with its writer Adam Barny.

In this article he discus about the question “Do TV shows depicting drug use promote the use of drugs or do they help prevent substance abuse?”. He discus that their are many movie and teleserye that showing weeds, and some of the actors/character in the story are required to use drugs because  it is part of the story, but the children and teenagers are curious and  do not know that using drugs is  an illegal doing.

According to Adam “For a while I tried to convince others that Breaking Bad doesn't really glorify meth; in fact, it mercilessly portrays the self destruction that follows naturally from meth addiction. I argued that the show doesn’t promote meth any more than Schindler’s List promotes Nazism — that is, it may desensitize viewers to the horrors of that particular world, but it would never encourage them to adopt the lifestyle. After all, it’s only a TV show” I agree with him because not all thing that we can see in our television is appropriate, sometimes the things that we can saw in our television is bad and not appropriate.

With these two articles, I conclude that drugs can really destroy human’s life (family, career, personality, the way how we think and many more). There are many things that drugs can cause to us. Some people uses drugs because of problems in life, but do they even think that drugs cannot give solution to their problems, yes it can cause happiness and contentment for some, but after the effect of the drugs they will be back in reality, reality that their problem is still there, that using drugs do not give the solution to their problems. So to wrap this up I think we people  do not need to use/depend on drugs because drugs can destroy our life. And i also learn that not all that we can see in our television is good and appropriate.

BLOG POST 2: TEENAGE PREGNANCY

We all know that many teenagers now a day are having exploration about the things that usually married couple do. Like what I said in my previous blog post children and teenagers are the one who are more curious about how the things create and how to create a thing. As I can notice many teenagers are very curious when it comes to intercourse. That’s why they have a misadventure in life.

I read an article entitled “Teenage pregnancy on the rise” from the site OPINION with its writer Domini M. Torrevillas.

She discus that teenager should not be engage in early sex or even before marriage. She also discusses the figures made to show globally and she also discusses in this article the annual report of the UNFPA-Philippines. The figures stated that 14-16 million teenager girls between 15 to 19 years old are giving birth every year and pregnancy related deaths are the leading causes of deaths for teenage girls at young ages. The annual report of UNFPA is all about the report that teenage pregnancy in the country. It is stated their that the percentage rose by 70% in a span of 1 year from 114,205 in year 1999 to 195,662 in 2009.

According to Domini “A high rate of teen pregnancy also means a high risk for maternal deaths among our young girls”. I agree with her because it is true that the younger the pregnant teenager was, the high risk for maternal deaths, because I think their body is weak because it is just starting to developed to be a full adult.

I search another article entitled” What Are the Causes of Teenage Pregnancy?” from the site LIVESTRONG.COM with its writer R. Y. Langham.

He discus in the article what teenage pregnancy is.  He defines what teenage pregnancy is.  He also discuss the causes of the teenage pregnancy.   The first cause that he discuss is about “Peer Pressure”, he discuss here that during the teenage days teenagers are feeling pressure to have their friends and to be fit with their friends. The second cause that he discuss is the ” Absent Parents”, he discuss here that teenager girls are more likely to get pregnant if they get limited attention coming from their parents. The third cause that he discuss is “Glamorization of Pregnancy”, he discuss here that movie industry and media has a big contribution to the teenage pregnancy. The fourth cause that he discuss is “Lack of Knowledge” he discuss here that some of the teenagers do not fully understand the biological and emotional aspects in having intercourse.  The fifth cause that he discuss is “Sexual Abuse or Rape”, he discuss here that some teenager was accidentally got pregnant because of rape or sexual abuse. The sixth cause that he gave was “Teenage Drinking” , he discuss here that some teenager was drunk that time when they made it, that’s why they are not in their normal way of thinking.

According to R. Y. Langham “Teenage pregnancy is defined as an unintended pregnancy during adolescence”, I agree with him because when you are a teenager your body is not totally ready to carry a baby. Because your body is just starting to developed.

Here in the Philippines I think many teleserye are promoting teenage pregnancy like bagito, katorse, rubi and angelito: ang batang ama. This teleserye are showing things that only married couple do, I think because of this many teenagers are being curious about those things and try it by themselves.

I found an article entitled “Does Media Affect Teen Pregnancy?” from the site divinecaroline.com with its writer Hillary Silvers.

In this article she discus about how media / television programs affects teenage pregnancy that was promoted in the MTV’s and television shows. She also discus here the approximation of 750,000 teenage girls ages from fifteen to nineteen are affected by teenage pregnancy every year. In these blog post the writer conduct a survey about does the media affects teenage pregnancy?, the answer was came from the different persons with different professions and working in different filled.

According to Hillary “Absolutely. I mean, this (teenage pregnancy) is an epidemic, but it's a preventable epidemic” I agree with her because I also believe that teenagers can prevent teenage pregnancy if they  want too.

With this blog post I conclude that many female teenagers were being pregnant in an early age, and I also know that there are many causes that affect the life of the modern teenager. Many teenagers were influenced by their peer group, media, and many other things in life that causes them to engage in to these situations in their life. In these blog post too I learn how the media affects the teenage pregnancy.

BLOG POST 1: TEENAGE CURIOSITY

Here in the Philippines many people specially teenagers have misadventures or failure in life because of curiosity. I remember my classmate back in high school, I heard them talking about having intercourse, my   classmate ask my other classmate ‘what is the feeling of having an intercourse’, I heard my other classmate answer ‘it feels like heaven’ and because of curiosity of my classmate on what is the heaven feeling that my other classmate tell her she try it, that’s why she got pregnant and she began to be a mother at early age of 15.

I read an article entitled “4 Reasons Why Curiosity is Important and How to Develop It” from the site Lifehack with its writer Donald Latumahina.

In this article he discusses the four reasons why curiosity is important. First  reason," It makes your mind active instead of passive", he discuss here that when a person is curious he/she always have a question in mind and he/she always find the answer in all of his/her questions. Second reason," It makes your mind observant of new ideas", he discuss here that when we are curious about something  our mind expects and anticipate new ideas related to it, he also discuss here that without curiosity our ideas cannot pass right. Third reason," It opens up new worlds and possibilities", he discuss here that when we are curious we discover new worlds and possibilities that we cannot see with our naked eyes. And the Forth reason," It brings excitement into your life", he discuss here that being curious in something can take us away from boredom.

He also discuss in this article the importance of curiosity, he gave some tips to develop our curiosity, like "Keeping our mind open" for new ideas and a possibility of changing of mind, "Don’t take things as granted" and do not be just contented on what you know you need to dig deeper to know more, "Ask questions relentlessly", for us to dig deeper we need to ask questions like What?, Where?, When?, How?, Who? And Why?," Don’t label something as boring" because if you do so you close the door of the opportunities of having a new idea, "See learning as something fun", when you think that learning is a burden then you do not want to dig deeper to have new ideas and you just stay on what you know," Read diverse kinds of reading" like reading magazines and other book and let our mind explore on what we read and for us to know new things and knowledge.

According to Donald “Curiosity is an important trait of a genius”. I agree with him because being curious on something is gaining more knowledge. And most of our artworks, gadgets, technologies and theories of our philosophers are made by curiosity.

After reading the article, I notice that children and teenagers are the one who are very curious in knowing everything.

That's why I search to the internet and luckily I found this article entitled “The Curiosity Factor” written by Linda L. Simmons from the site netplaces.

The article mentioned how children and teenagers have great curiosity and how they think and pretend that they are grownups like an adult. It also mentioned how the R-rated movies are tempting to the teenagers and children and how it affects them. The article discusses how the movies, television, video games, and music videos have an effect even more powerful than direct advertisements. It also shows that curiosity is powerful even it shows that greater percentage of young men are more engage in pornography that young women.

According to Linda “A child or an adolescent in particular may have great curiosity about the things he encounters in the world” I agree with her because I believe that when a person or a child is growing up he/she have many questions in mind ,like what if…?, how does it happen? And many more.

I conclude that curiosity makes us think and dig deeper, and curiosity is one of our stepping stone to gain more knowledge, curiosity makes us crave for more knowledge, make us active, observant, it opens new world and possibilities and it bring experiment to our mind. That’s why many people specially teenagers have misadventures because of curiosity. They bring experiment not only with their mind but also with their body.
The curiosity that we encounter every time gives us new knowledge that we can use in the future. But not all our curiosity give us good ideas, because sometime our curiosity lead us to do things that is not  acceptable by our law. That is the reason why not all of our curiosity can lead us to the right thing. That’s why teenagers has misadventures because of curiosity.