### person:

Teen
* All teens experience some form of acne during puberty.
* Many teens become victims of sexual assault while they are in chat rooms on the internet.
* Many teens begin smoking to look older and more mature
  - relieve stress
  - describe puberty as being on a roller coaster of emotions
  - die every year from drinking and driving
  - have trouble waking up, staying awake in school, or falling asleep at night
  - live in homes where a parent or other family member drinks too much
  - living on the streets are homeless because they ran away from home
  - report that they have the same problems as adults in trying to quit cigarettes
  - start drinking because their families drink
  - tend to wake up early in the morning with pounding headaches
  - use alcohol and other drugs to cover up their feelings
* More teens become sexually active as they get older.
* Most teens are sexually active before they graduate high school
  - encounter the issue of suicide during their teen years
  - expect to get married and raise children
  - recognize that a lifetime of smoking is detrimental to their health
  - respond positively to the biological changes of puberty
  - say using contraception each and every time they have sex is important
  - spend months counting down the days until they can drive
  - struggle as their bodies change during puberty
  - try drugs, alcohol or smoking for fun because of peer pressure
  - use contraceptives the first time they have sex
* Some teens actually manifest symptoms of a parent's illness or treatment
  - consider some forms of sex and foreplay as being abstinent
  - control their asthma with medication
  - eliminate entire categories of food from their diets such as dairy products or meats
  - go through different stages of emotions when they are sick for a long time
  - have what is known as exercise-induced asthma
  - pack more into one day than adults do in a month
  - reportedly use it as a way to simply stay alert, or wake up in the morning
* Some teens start dieting because they think all the problems in their lives are because of weight
  - think all the problems in their lives are weight-related
  - struggle with their self-esteem when they begin puberty
  - suffer facial disfigurement after an accident or illness
  - try drugs because the media portray drugs as fun and exciting
  - turn to self-mutilation in response to emotional turmoil
  - use chemicals to cope with other difficulties, such as depression or family problems
* also live in family groups, but in single-gender homes.
* are a high risk group for delivering premature or low birth weight babies
  - at high risk for a pregnancy with complications
  - bands
* are capable of homework
  - smoke
  - volunteers
  - generally dependent on others for most aspects of their livelihood
  - located in malls
* are more likely than adults to be victims of crime
  - people of other ages to commit suicide
* are more likely to have sex if they and their partner have been drinking
  - use tobacco and alcohol, for example, if their parents do
  - often concerned with privacy and body image
  - one of the fastest growing vegetarian populations
  - part of adulthood
  - prone to hormonal change
  - the biggest Web surfing population and also make up one of the largest consumer markets
  - toddlers with hormones
  - twice as likely to commit suicide as anyone else is
  - very vulnerable to depression when a mother is depressed but untreated
* can become alcohol dependent in as few as six months
  - easily become addicted to smoking before they're even smoking a cigarette a day
* experience a variety of risk factors that can lead to pregnancy.
* generally are a segment of society underserved with medical treatment.
* get acne because of all the hormones that come with puberty.
* have a tendency to want to spend less time with their families and more time with friends
  - one foot in childhood, and the other in adulthood
* lose identity, dependence, and the security of childhood.
* sometimes see sexual activity as a way of being liked or accepted.
* tend to have lower self-esteem and are more influenced by personal relationships
  - sleep irregular hours, staying up late and sleeping in until noon
  - stay up later and wake up later than either children or adults
* try to be independent from parents, and older parents seek independence from younger people.