Adolescence begins in biochemistry and ends in society. It is in fact the pituitary gland that controls growth and development in the human body. This gland is the timer or our many appliances. Once set, things move like clockwork towards a destined end. No human being can abort this bio-chemical clockwork. Without it, the child stays a child forever. We want to squelch the adolescence progress because teen-agers begin the slow and inexorable movement away from home and elders' influence. This fact can greatly cut deeply into our sense of well-being and personal effectiveness.

Adolescents are very determined and have one and only overall purpose, that of separation from their "ground of being" and establishment of their own order. No adolescent wants to be a problem to anyone.

In India, adolescents constitute 20% of the total population of the country. They are a new generation with multi-faceted dimensions affected by global culture. That is the reason why adolescents are called "The E-Generation". "The Thumb Generation" and many more new expressions are used continually by Counselors, Sociologists and others.

Internet undoubtedly is an unparalleled source of information and an educational tool. At the same time there are plenty of dangers involved; just a few more clicks can lead a child into a sea of sexuality. Sexual predators roam the Internet world. Studies have shown that about 60% of all website are sexual in content, 20% of them solicit their visitors, 13% voluntarily and the rest were pictorially lured. Experts say that there has been a 15-20% increase in teenagers addicted to pornography in the last few years. A a result, youngsters lose interest in studies.

The contemporary culture has incredible effect on our kids and their values, attitudes and behaviour. They value their individuality and their diverse life style, speaks to that individuality. Many have grown up as "latch-key kids" both parents working. Their sense of self-reliance is well-developed, and most believe they have to count on themselves to make it in life.

Adolescents are skeptical about almost every thing, including age-old values and family life. This generation sees challenges where their parents might have been seen obstacles. The young people are looking for something beyond dogma, formulas rituals and do's and don'ts. Their emphasis is on interactive participation and lived experience. To-day creative, effective, joyful celebrations make more sense to them. Many youths lack role models to a large extent been in their families. The parents are too busy earning for the. When they return home they are too tired. That is why we talk about giving quality time to our children.

The media has understood our young people more than our parents. Media has become the parents and teachers. The media reproduces almost every human experience.

The electronic culture, the media and consumerism on the young people have affected their physical fitness. According to WHO backed survey results, one in six adolescents in the Indian metros is overweight, two in five in Delhi students have high cholesterol and diabetes; one in three teens have bad eye sight. The problem of obesity among the teens is due to eating junk food and lack of physical exercise. The cause of poor eyesight is due to excessive exposure to television and Internet.

Teens are enormously self-conscious. Do not make fun of them or humiliate them. They are actually quite fragile and compensate by really outrageous, hard to take behaviors that raise our ire. Stay composed, else you all decompose into a family process you will all regret.Provide as many choices as possible, but always ask their complete-as possible plans. The more choices, the more constructive anxiety and the quicker was they learn the ways of the world. Hear their voices, consider their choice, and help them see potential plus and minus consequences.

-S.R.Krishna Murthy