Risky Behaviour Among Teenagers

Index

Introduction Page 1

Types of Risk Behaviours Page 2 – 3

- Alcohol Abuse Page 2

- Drug Abuse Page 2

- Theft Page 3

- Sexting Page 3

Factors Causing Risk Behaviour amongst Teenagers Page 4 - 5

- Alcohol Abuse Page 4

- Drug Abuse Page 4

- Theft Page 5

- Sexting Page 5

The Impact of Risky Behaviour Page 6

Changes in Youth Risk Behaviour Page 7

Recommendations Page 8

Bibliography Page 9 Introduction

Google defines risk behaviour as “Those that potentially expose people to harm, or significant risk of harm which will prevent them reaching their potential”. There are and will always be many risks in life but nowadays the youth are exposed to these risks much

Usually they aren’t aware or haven’t been educated about the risks of risky behaviours. The impact it has on themselves is that people start to consider them untrustworthy. They also tend to lose close friends. The more extreme impact of risky behaviour is that they can go to jail for their risking behaviours (depending on the seriousness of the crime). In my life personally something that has effect myself and my family started with my cousin’s drug abuse and obsession with sex, that lead him to steal from us. No one trusted him anymore and at the moment due to his risky behaviours is serving a 22 year sentence for rape (He’s only 9 months in his sentence but he’s been in jail for trial and prosecution for the last 5 years already). My family is still now having to pay off his lawyer as his mother (My Aunt, who is an alcoholic) can’t do it herself. In his community his risky behaviour have caused people to hate him to the extent that he can’t go back to where grew up and lived because the people there will kill him. Also most of the time these risky behaviour tend to overlap and one could lead to the other like a Venn

From the age of 11 years old even. They now understand not only the toll such behaviours take on you physically but emotionally as well.

Possibilities for negative changes in physical health statistics, in my opinion, are due to people having to do less (physically) to achieve the outcome they want, for example people used to have to walk, cycle or drive around to stores to look for items they wanted, nowadays you can order exactly what you want and it’ll arrive in a couple of days. Technology has made our society of today lazier. Recommendations

Alcohol Abuse:

• Alcohol abuse can be prevented by people working in bottle stores being stricter on checking the age or ID or the person purchasing the alcohol.

• This can also be addressed by telling kids about the risks and effects of alcohol at an early so that they don’t have to find out through