In the book ‘The dark side of the emerging adulthood’, Author
Christian Smith introduces the issues that the emerging adulthood faces during
this time. Smith mentions that problems does not lie only in case of the
emerging adulthood or because of taking individual decisions at this adulthood
age but most of the issues in adulthood happens because of the deeper roots in
the cultural society. It also does not happens due to the
mainstream adult culture but also other existing culture. The
mainstream culture means, each characteristic in the adults is inherited from
the families not created by them. More than these, there might be several
causes because of which problems are faced by adults. These problems need some
solution so that adults can be avoided with these issues during their change
from teenager to adulthood and can be directed to the right path. Effective
solutions to the causes that can help in avoiding the confused moral reason
issues have been discussed below:
Adult Education: Education always shape the way of a person in a right or
wrong direction either child or young or old. For the emerging adulthood, it
happens several changes from teenager in to adulthood so it is must to
understand the adulthood changes. Understanding of these changes will help to
learn about their adulthood and they will not deviate towards the wrong path. During
their teenager, there should be given education or introduced basic education
course of adulthood changes from teenager. From their teenager, it should be
educated to them that these changes are normal and happen with the time, as
they cross the age of 14 years. As the
age increase, of the teenager, the education should include more about
adulthood education. Adult education will learn to them as what should they do
or what not, where they should find their answers or where not, what is their
need at this age and what is the appropriate option for them.
Adult education will shape their future in the right
direction if education is provided them in a right way. Emerging adulthood,
can’t understand the changes easily so they should be teach about each changes
that might occur during the transition state from teenager to adulthood. The
cause of emerging adulthood problems like confused moral reasoning is because
of the lack of proper education during their teenager transition in to emerging
adulthood. These causes can only be overcome with the help of proper education
from their teenager to the adulthood. The teachers, professors etc. in the
school or colleges need to let the student’s know about all these causes which
help them not to deviate from the main stream culture. The main stream culture
of America that is inherited to the adults might be helpful in education to
teach them about what changes occur during their adulthood.
Thus, education plays an important role in defining the right
path for emerging adulthoods and secures them from bad things that may lead
them to the wrong path and can ruin their future. In between the age of 18 to
23, it seems very difficult to decide what to do or what not, what is wrong or
what is right? All these answers can only be given through proper education.
According to Smith, it is introduced in his research the probable solutions
that can help to the adults to avoid those problems in emerging adulthood. Education is one of the most important advices
for the emerging adulthoods to safe adult life and to reduce the crime, sexual
assault etc. in the society or country especially in Developing countries
because the level of education is poor.
Family Support: When child first open his/her eyes to the world, does not
know anything about the family, society and world. As the time passes, he/she
first learn from his/her family and know them only. Family guidance especially
of the parents is the most important activity that shapes the future of the
child. Whatever child learn or teaches by their family members, make a strong
impact on child’s life forever. Child learns the home culture, characteristics
from his/her parents and this is what he/he follows for an entire life.
Therefore, it is the responsibility of the family member to let the child learn
for the changes in the body, mentality, thinking approach and the answers to
the question child have. If the child, when Transition from childhood to
teenager and from teenager to adulthood, is not given the proper support,
guidance and answers to his/her questions for changes in the body and life,
then it might be a case when child will start searching of the right answers.
If parents are behaving like they will not tell the truth of
life during the emerging adulthood, child may run to seek the answers and if
not find that might deviate from the right path to the wrong path. It is a big
contribution of the family or parents to shape the life from the childhood to
the adulthood, because adulthood is the age when adult decide his/her path and
entire life follows that only. So in case of confused emerging adulthood
problems, the only solution is the support and advice from the parents or
family members time to time when needed by the adult. It will avoid any kind of
problems that happens during the adult age.
Friend’s community: From the childhood till death, friend’s community or groups
is the most important and influencing in shaping the future life and habits of
the adult in good way or right way. Most of time, adult remains in contact with
friends so friends make an important impact on the life of the adult and
decides the future too. Friends are the biggest problem creator in the adult age if
the culture or behaviour or activities of the friend’s community is not right.
Friends will always discourage adult to go on the way, on which his/her friends
are not, they will never guide the right direction. Therefore, for the adult,
it should be make sure that he/she is in contact with good friends and the
culture is also good. This will help in avoiding the wrong habits or confusion
at the adulthood of what to do, how to do, when to do, what is right, what is
wrong, and which path is good or which path is bad.
It is also responsibility of the parents to let the adult
know that with whom they should connect or with whom not because parents have
knowledge about right or wrong. As smith suggested in his research that friends
always play most important role in shaping the future and career and right
direction of the adulthood. Therefore, it is recommended to have the circle and
communication with the good friends who can guide in a right direction and can
help in answering any question during this adulthood change. The problems
causes in the emerging adulthood can only be solved if there is full support
from the friends as well during the change from teenager in to the adulthood.
Social Support: Emerging adulthood causes various issues as discussed in the
causes of emerging adulthood. One of them problems is confused moral reasoning in
adults and this causes other major problems in life of adults for the entire
life. Social support gives the path for the right direction to every human from
the birth to the death. If society is not good, it might lead to the several
problems in the adulthood. If a adult is not supported with the society it is
not a good way to have the adults in to the right direction. Society let them
learn that how to move ahead in the life in the right direction. If the culture
of the society is not appropriate then during the transition phase from
teenager in to adulthood, causes problems and can lead to move their minds to
the wrong direction.
Society support is important as because for example if a
child takes birth in the society where there is no education and there is no
understanding of how to answers to the questions of adults so that they should
not deviate from the right path. Life for the emerging
adults is very different in today’s world than for a long time before for their
counterparts. Young people after
adulthood when reaches a situation where to decide about marry, children or
career become confuse a lot. In this
situation if proper guide is not given to the adults, they would go to the
wrong way because of the confused moral reasoning. So social support is must
for their adult problems.
Emerging adults faces various issues because of not proper
help, education, individualism etc so for these problems to move on to the
right path or proper guidance, family support, friend circle, society support
and education to avoid these emerging adulthood problems of confused moral
reasoning.
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