Juvenoia: fear of youth What a strange word "juvenoia"? Juvenoia is the fear felt by the older generation to the young people. The term "juvenoia" was proposed in 2010 by a sociologist David Finkelhor. Many people have never heard of the word, but know exactly that feeling. When you look at the teenager and think you were so much better, and in general adolescents today have nothing common with you, you can be sure this is juvenoia. What is the fear of youth? It appears different. For example, it is possible to think that modern youth is brought up worse than the previous generation. Many believe that young people today are prone to violence. Also, there is a belief that teens are vain and take too much time to succeed in online communities, rather than in "real" life. But the older generation are unite concerning juvenoia. The symptoms are various, but some of them are the most common. For example, a young person is accused of that he:
Listens to "wrong" music, Wears "strange" clothes Makes "false" life decisions.
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However, the behavior of the majority of adolescents can not be considered provocative, dangerous or unreliable. A trend, which today are afraid of the older generation, in tune with the changes that took place in their time, and frightened their grandparents. Maybe juvenoia does not exist at all? Science believes that "the fear of youth" still exists. We always fear what they do not understand. Adults who may be wary of the young. Of course, we try to deal with this fear and some differences between themselves and the younger generation still accept. Despite this, yuvenoyya makes adults perceive teens as a hedonistic zombies, unable to withstand the slightest impulse. Still, what is the source of this fear? Fear does not come from nowhere. Modern young people are too keen on smartphones, too politically correct, too tolerant. It seems that sometimes they are too close to all the worst that is in society. Teenagers are selfish and ambitious: today they are going to finish his first novel, tomorrow to go to a secret party, and on Saturday to take the CEO position in the new startup. So the appearance of juvenoia is understandable. He can be bored with reading and at the same time have a great laugh from seeing his best friend studying (http://essayvikings.com/blog/when-you-see-your-best-friend-studying). Why fighting juvenoia is useless? Juvenoia always existed: it is almost impossible to overcome. If you are just going closer to the monitor and see what is happening with the younger generation, including your children, you will be able to overcome the negative thoughts that cause juvenoia. Among them may be such doubts:
I will not know if my child gets into bad company; I won’t understand what "my child is up to. I won’t understand a modern youth; I won’t be able to help my child, because I do not know him.
Fighting juvenoia is not worth it, you need to learn how to cope with some of its manifestations. The elder generation should be friends with this kind of paranoia. But why? Juvenoia is normal. The older generation and teens are almost incompatible, because they are separated by history, technology and trends. In our time, the fear of the older generation towards millenialam only gaining momentum, but it is completely wrong. No one can be kept under a storm of criticism. Young people do not deserve censure from the elders. According to the statistics, young people today are much smarter, more organized and conscious than their parents. The representatives of the younger generation are focused on creating a family, career and selfdevelopment. Youth is the future. The fact of feeling the juvenoia shows that society moves forward. So adults should get rid of hostility and a have a closer look at the younger generation.