Surprisingly, loneliness and isolation are very common feelings among our teenagers despite the fact that we live in overcrowded cities. Social media, video games, dangers in the streets... make our teenagers spend hours and hours alone in their bedrooms with their computers. Is this really good for their mental health?
In the old days children used to play in the streets altogether, they would interact with other teenagers and they would learn about life through interaction.
Interesting articles to read about the issue:
Teenagers on loneliness: ‘We want to talk to our parents. We need their guidance’ (The Guardian)
Loneliness more likely to affect young people (BBC News, Education)
Alone in the Crowd: Dealing With Loneliness In Teens (Your Teen magazine)
Consequences of social isolation for children and adolescents (No Isolation)
Why teenagers feel MORE lonely than the older generation (Daily Mail)
And this can even affect their sexual habits:
We have abandoned our children to the internet (The Guardian)Help! My teen's watching online porn (CNN)
Pornography 'desensitising young people' (BBC News, Education & family)
Here's a listening exercise to do: Loneliness (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
REVISION EXERCISE for 4º ESO
Complete the sentences using the correct FUTURE TENSE form.
1. I booked our summer holiday
last week. We (go) _______________________ to France in July.
2. I think our team (win)
______________________ tonight. I’m feeling lucky.
3.
I (have) _____________________ an orange juice, please.
4.
I’ve just started a new diet. I (not eat) ______________________ any more
chocolate.
5.
It’s 8.30, you (be) __________________ late for school.
6.
I (be) ____________________ 17 on my next birthday!
7. We (play) ____________________ tennis tomorrow if it doesn't rain.
8. In our trip around Scandinavia we (visit) __________________ Copenhagen first, then Stockholm, Helsinki and finally Oslo, where we (have) _________________ on a cruise ship along the Bergen fjord.
And here's a video about the Bergen fjord:
and another video about the train that goes from Oslo to Bergen: (What does 'Norway in a nutshell' mean?)
