Destructive
Habits of Misguided Teenager
Every human
being has one habit or the other and habit formation is universal among humans
irrespective of color, race and religious affiliation.
Habits do occur
throughout one’s life span and some habits are not noticed by the various
individuals that practice them until such behaviors are noted by others.
Habits could be good or bad (destructive). Habits can be any activity, ranging
from daily eating of food to sleeping.
The term
‘habit’, is said to be derived from the Latin word “Habitus”. Habit as a noun
is an acquired behavior pattern observed regularly in an individual until it
becomes almost involuntary in simple term, a habit can be seen as the usual way
of behaving (something an individual does often in a regular or a repeated
manner.
For instance, looking at both sides of the road before crossing could
be said to be a habit, brushing your teeth after each meal is also a perfect
example of a habit. Habit also means exhibiting some behavior through repetition
and compulsion, howbeit often unconsciously.
In summary, habit is repetition of
a particular behavior overtime.
A
destructive habit is a behavior that hurts oneself or others. Destructive
habits could be deliberate or out of impulsion (force), and could be mild or
severe. These destructive habits are among teenagers and youths (ranging from
13 and above).
Many
psychologists have listed various and several destructive habits among humans,
young people in particular according to their various local circumstances.
However, many destructive habits cut across geographical location, races,
religious affiliation and educational status of environments. Some common
destructive habits found among teenagers in our society include the following;
SELF-DEFEATING MIND-SET
Some young
people often think that they cannot do well in life, and often feel inferior
and defeated in life.
HARMING OTHERS
This
destructive habit is very common among youths of today such as bullying,
outright fighting and other misbehavior.
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
Many youths
are engaged in sexual intercourse which is normally meant for married people.
This is a destructive habit, particularly in this era of incurable Human
Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) which is no respecter of any person, young or
old.
STEALING
Stealing
simply means getting something that belongs to someone else without permission
of the owner and without the intention to return such items. This particular
habit is very common among teenagers and youths
and it occurs on daily basis at home, school, church and society at
large. Most young people steal just anything from pencil picking pieces of meat
from their mothers’ pots. Others steal money, clothes mobile phones etc.
LAZINESS
Laziness is
idleness or doing nothing when one is supposed to act or be alive. It is a very
destructive habit common among youths of today. Even when this is very
necessary or when they are left with no option, they still insist on remaining
lazy and doing nothing to help matters.
Well having
known all these, we just thought that you’d change and try to live to excel in
your endeavors.
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