Are the teenagers on the right path in their lives?
By: Debanshi Mishra
Tags: Teenagers, Tiktok App, Unrealistic, Instagram Reels Feature, Bollywood

Bollywood movies as entertaining as they might be, are portraying an ideal life a person can live. Not all but most of them do. Having that perfect life, having the degree, having a really good job, good money, the love of your life, vacations in exotic destinations and what not. The teenagers, who watch these movies all the time tend to get the wrong impression that everything will work out for them eventually. The get diverted from the path of hard work. I feel the generation who get exposed to all these in their 14–19 age phase get so wayward in life that it is really hard to bring them back on track. But there’s good in everything. Some might even get inspired and do something. But mostly it just destroys the capability of a teenager to understand the harsh reality of life.

It’s the same with social media. Platforms like Instagram and tiktok promote so much nonsense it’s unbearable some times. There are people showcasing actual talent and it is a great medium to reach a large audience. But then also I have seen 13 year old girls sexualising themselves wearing provocative clothes. I know there is nothing wrong in what anyone wears. It’s none of my business of course. But what my point here is a child does not have the emotional and mental maturity to understand what is right and wrong. They might do some unforgivable things which will make them regret later.

Exposing children and teenagers to such unrealistic movies and social media makes them think that they can live their lives by just an “influencer” their whole life. What I mean to say is that, if people find you attractive and entertaining today, then you will definitely get replaced tomorrow. Instead of wasting time doing nothing but making reels and tiktoks, it’s better if the upcoming youth of our nation start developing their talents, honing their skills. This face, this beauty, these moves might go out of style. But your knowledge and talent is yours. You can always put them to use.

And please don’t misunderstand that I am just urging people to study. Of course basic education is necessary to have the rationality to differentiate between right and wrong. But developing skills like dancing, singing, sketching, acting, photography and what not is also a good way to start. Don’t stop at just the base. Go to the very top of whatever you are doing. Make it your livelihood. We all know, at the end of the day, we need to have financial stability to have a good and happy life. How much we might deny that “No I don’t need no money to be happy.” or “Love will keep me going”. Yes it’s true. A life of money without love is not worthwhile. But let me be very frank here. A life of love is never going to fill your stomach and fulfill your wishes. Find everything in life. Love, passion and livelihood. Only then we can a “picture-perfect” life. And for that we need to struggle really hard for a min of 6 years. This is my theory and is subject to variations. But one thing will always be constant “No pain, No gain.”

P.s. These are just my thoughts. I don’t mean to hurt any sentiments. Please don’t take offence if there is any differnce of opinion.

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