Teenage Immorality

“Sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll,” the cliché line, is initially what any rebellious high school student dreams of pursuing if there were no possibility of consequences. People waste their teen years acting out, being immoral, and then hypocritically going to church the very next day. Every teenager, whether they are willing to admit it or not, believe that they are somewhat infinite. No, not you! Nothing could ever go wrong in your wonderfully corrupted world.

MTV and other such television channels can take partial credit in the corruption of the youth in America. Sexual, and many times, over the top scenes from shows and movies are not helping the situation at hand. People believe that if their favorite actors are participating in immoral and obscene acts, then it is the cool and exciting thing to do! Despite the fact that our parents, schools, and other such authority figures tell us blatantly what the right thing to do is, we still disregard what is said.

It is not just what today’s youth choose to watch on television; it is also the filth we hear on the radio that fills our ears and corrupts the minds of the young and naïve. Songs that deal with drugs and alcohol make it all out to be a dandy time! One song in particular says, “I'ma pill popper so I'ma keep poppin' em / Gimme 20 Xanax and I'ma start droppin' em”. If these lyrics don’t scream immoral, I don’t know what does. Children who are even in grade school are listening to garbage like this every single day. Radio stations do not care if the younger adolescent listeners take what is said and use it in everyday life. The lyrics are inappropriate and what is projected from the artists mouths’ should not be put on the air.

How can parents and other superior figures in a child’s life stand by and let them watch, listen to, and imitate such impure actions? It’s simple really. Kids aren’t as family oriented as they used to be. Parents may not know what their child is doing online or what kind of music they are listening to. You can’t blame a child for such reckless decisions because kids need someone to learn from and look up to. How are they to know right from wrong or what kind of consequences lay ahead if they are not taught from an early age? Of course there will always be the few who rebel despite the cautions and warnings, however, pregnancies, drug abuse, consumption of alcohol, and many other such illegal doings, are more likely to be prevented if people are taught from a younger age.