What's the happiest time in people's lives: youth or old age; school, career or retirement? All of these have been suggested, but teenage years and adulthood both have many supporters.
Those who believe teenagers are the happiest people cite their lack of responsibilities as a significant factor. They are supported financially and emotionally by their parents, and although they may be included in family decisions, they're not ultimately responsible. However, adolescents are on the threshold of adult life: they're old enough to get a part-time job, so they can enjoy their first taste of financial independence, and their future study and career lie ahead.
Away from these serious concerns, young people have an active social life with their friends, often simply by hanging out with them. And of course, there’s the excitement of first love and first heartbreak. With all this to experience, teenagers see their parents' lives as boring and stressful.
What's the happiest time in
people
's
lives
: youth or
old
age; school, career or retirement? All of these have
been suggested
,
but
teenage years and adulthood both have
many
supporters.
Those who believe
teenagers
are the happiest
people
cite their lack of responsibilities as a significant factor. They
are supported
financially
and
emotionally
by their parents, and although they may
be included
in family decisions, they're not
ultimately
responsible.
However
, adolescents are on the threshold of adult life: they're
old
enough
to
get
a part-time job,
so
they can enjoy their
first
taste of financial independence, and their future study and career lie ahead.
Away from these serious concerns, young
people
have an active social life with their friends,
often
simply
by hanging out with them. And
of course
, there’s the excitement of
first
love
and
first
heartbreak. With all this to experience,
teenagers
see
their parents'
lives
as boring and stressful.