YOUTH
ISSUE
#1
:
____________________
/
____________________
Abuse
There
was
a
time
in
cinematic
history
where
virtually
every
actor
/
actress
was
portrayed
on
screen
with
a
____________________
in
hand
.
Smoking
,
it
was
implied
,
was
cool
.
As
a
result
everyone
was
doing
it
,
including
kids
.
Well
,
as
awareness
to
the
danger
of
smoking
increased
,
?
cool
?
images
of
smoking
disappeared
.
Unfortunately
,
the
same
can't
be
said
about
____________________
and
____________________
.
These
vices
are
staples
in
everyday
____________________
.
Simply
,
drinking
and
using
drugs
is
shown
as
being
cool
.
The
numbers
bear
the
tale
.
21%
of
high
school
seniors
say
they
get
high
and
41%
of
the
same
group
report
drinking
alcohol
.
Our
kids
are
literally
moving
around
in
an
intoxicated
daze
.
Immature
behavior
is
then
amplified
due
to
being
under
the
influence
.
____________________
____________________
,
poor
____________________
and
____________________
,
anti
-
social
and
violent
behavior
and
the
list
goes
on
.
YOUTH
ISSUE
#2
:
Growing
up
too
Fast
There
was
a
time
when
kids
enjoyed
being
kids
.
Today
,
even
at
the
earliest
of
ages
,
children
are
partaking
in
adult
activities
with
serious
consequences
.
Similar
to
what
we
see
with
alcohol
and
drugs
,
____________________
is
a
very
popular
and
portrayed
subject
matter
.
The
movies
,
TV
,
the
internet
,
essentially
everywhere
a
kid
turns
he
or
she
is
bombarded
with
sexual
suggestions
.
In
fact
,
there
are
entire
TV
____________________
marketed
directly
to
kids
dealing
with
sex
?
the
egregious
being
The
Secret
Lives
of
an
American
Teenager
and
Teen
Mom
,
to
name
two
.
Music
is
a
____________________
as
well
.
Songs
have
always
had
sexual
innuendos
,
but
at
least
?
back
in
the
day
?
you
had
to
be
old
enough
to
understand
them
.
Today
,
it's
all
about
?
How
low
can
you
go
?
and
?
baby
let
me
sex
you
up
.
?
Kids
are
having
sex
as
early
as
10
and
11
,
with
teen
____________________
increasingly
on
the
rise
.
The
concept
of
childhood
is
literally
being
wiped
out
.
YOUTH
ISSUE
#3
:
____________________
in
Schools
A
child's
____________________
is
the
foundation
from
which
he
or
she
will
be
able
to
go
forth
out
into
the
world
and
build
a
life
.
Schools
play
a
major
role
in
this
endeavor
,
and
therefore
it
is
reasonable
to
expect
that
these
places
of
learning
would
be
safe
havens
for
the
children
while
they
are
preparing
for
____________________
.
Unfortunately
,
this
is
not
always
the
case
.
In
many
instances
,
especially
in
low
____________________
,
urban
settings
,
schools
can
be
a
war
zone
.
We
are
not
talking
about
minor
____________________
,
but
rather
serious
violence
.
Consider
that
in
the
last
decade
284
kids
were
____________________
due
to
school
violence
?
these
were
____________________
,
stabbings
,
fighting
and
____________________
.
Growing
up
is
tough
enough
without
having
to
be
worried
about
being
killed
while
going
to
math
class
.
YOUTH
ISSUE
#4
:
____________________
We
live
in
a
society
that
promotes
materialism
and
so
we
perpetuate
this
particular
malady
by
instilling
bad
habits
into
our
children
.
We
teach
our
children
that
the
measure
of
success
and
happiness
in
life
is
how
much
stuff
you
have
.
Kids
naturally
want
things
?
especially
if
their
friends
have
something
similar
.
Unfortunately
,
there
seems
to
be
little
restraint
on
accompanying
____________________
as
we
go
about
this
.
Essentially
,
we
provide
our
kids
with
whatever
they
want
that
is
within
our
____________________
ability
to
do
so
.
The
concept
of
?
earning
?
what
you
get
or
the
idea
that
something
?
you
don't
need
?
seem
to
have
been
lost
and
discarded
.
Is
there
really
any
wonder
why
the
average
adult
is
$15
,
000
in
____________________
at
any
given
time
?
We
have
a
mentality
of
getting
what
we
want
and
when
we
want
it
that
has
been
ingrained
in
us
since
childhood
.
The
unfortunate
result
is
that
there
are
devastating
____________________
for
such
continued
behavior
later
in
life
.
YOUTH
ISSUE
#5
:
.
Erosion
of
National
Pride
/
____________________
Educators
have
expressed
their
worries
about
the
so
called
?
westernization
tendency
?
of
Vietnamese
children
in
urban
areas
,
which
may
lead
them
to
forget
about
their
original
point
.
While
Vietnamese
enjoy
Halloween
and
Christmas
with
big
family
parties
,
they
now
tend
to
travel
abroad
on
Tet
holiday
instead
of
staying
at
home
and
making
dishes
to
____________________
the
____________________
.
Meanwhile
a
lot
of
women
order
____________________
____________________
instead
of
making
food
at
their
kitchen
.
Who
will
teach
Vietnamese
children
the
Vietnamese
____________________
,
then
?
