Understanding the Youth Today

{generation gap} the challenge to understand & to connect to our children

{the mind set} they are now coming of age guide them to make the right decisions

same issues different generations

{wanting to belong}

{raging hormones}

{identity}

different expressions same lines different expressions young people today express themselves & their issues differently

{means of communication}

YOLOWTF OMFG {lingo}

{MILLENNIALS} THOSE BORN AFTER 1980

how to connect to the young {research}

{be open to new things}

biggest shift since the industrial revolution {social media} biggest shift since the industrial revolution

Music Can we really say, “I only listen to the song; I don’t listen to the lyrics.”

YOUNG, WILD & FREE [WIZ KHALIFA] So what we get drunk So what we smoke weed We're just having fun We don't care who sees So what we go out That's how its supposed to be Living young and wild and free

Feels so good being bad There's no way I'm turning back Now the pain is my pleasure Cause nothing could measure Love is great, love is fine Out the box, out of line The affliction of the feeling Leaves me wanting more Cause I may be bad But I'm perfectly good at it Sex in the air I don't care I love the smell of it Sticks and stones May break my bones But chains and whips Excite me

Degrading music does change normative beliefs and sexual behaviour.

{influencers of today’s youth}

All the issues of Cosmopolitan in a year forms the figure of a naked man.

Even in our own cellular phones, the true meaning of sex continues to be destroyed.

{why teenagers engage in sexual activity} peer pressure sex confused for true love rebellion lack of self-esteem lack of ability to say ‘no’ feels unloved at home ignorance about its immorality ignorance about its consequences

Thailand at 112 cases. Philippines at 135 cases. In the late 1980’s, Thailand and the Philippines had roughly same number of HIV/Aids Cases. Thailand at 112 cases. Philippines at 135 cases.

But in the early 1990’s, the government of Thailand enforced the 100% CONDOM USE PROGRAM. 15 years later (As of August 2003), Thailand at 899,000 cases, w/ approx 125,000 deaths. Philippines at 1,946 cases, w/ approx 250 deaths.

Thailand now ranks as the country with the highest HIV prevalence in Asia.

{make them feel loved}

Understanding the Youth Today