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Tackling Illegal Activity and Ill Mental Health among Teenagers: Chinese Teenagers' “I don’t care” Mindset
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Abstract
Teenagers hardly want to speak their thoughts, making it is hard for adults to understand them. The major concern in China is with teen involvement in underage drinking, smoking, and prostitution. This has also caused teenagers to have terrible mental health situations as they are exposed to the internet where they can access any information. In China, there is a new movement called the “Bai lan” movement which directly translates to letting it rot and not participate in society at all. Chinese teenagers have picked up this trend too. Therefore, this paper proposes for people who have been through smoking and drinking addiction, prostitution, and depression to come present at schools to tell their story because teenagers do not want to listen to lectures. They simply do not care. These presenters will be revealing stories about their life to inspire the teenagers to transition out of the “I don’t care” mindset to truly solve the root issue. Teen prostitution occurs usually in rural areas, so the program will be collaborating with a local law firm to teach rural teenagers about their own rights, preventing them from vulnerably sharing their information online.
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Chinese teenagers, teen mentality, illegal activities, mental health, solutions
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Pate,H.L. (2023). Tackling Illegal Activity and Ill Mental Health among Teenagers: Chinese Teenagers' “I don’t care” Mindset. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,19,273-282.
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