Youth Stress

The Age of Stress Youth have the easy life, right? Wrong. While it may seem that most youth just go to school, talk on the phone for hours, play video games, and watch TV, they actually have more responsibilities and stress then most imagine. Research from the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan found that preteens spend an average of eight hours more a week at school, two hours more on sports, …

…competitions and end up sacrificing other areas of their lives.” Having to do homework is bad enough, but when two hours of track practice and an hour of violin lessons are added, time becomes another issue that just piles on more stress. The more active a person is, the more likely they are to become burnt out by stress. In conclusion, youth have been more and more stressed in the academics, home, or extracurricular activities.