Teens’ Leisure Time

         Obviously, teenagers all over the world spend their leisure time differently. However, there are always some trends that we can clearly see and analyze. According to "Healthy Families BC", teenagers need free time to explore their own interests, be with friends or just unwind. But do they usually manage their free time properly? We'll figure this out.

        

         First and foremost, trends have always depended on the opportunities. As Ulrich Reinhardt said during his TEDx speech, "People went to the museums, people went to theatres because there were not too much other things to do", generally, it sums up that leisure activities depend on the technology development. Frankly speaking, 70s teens weren't that addicted to social media, due to the fact that there was no Internet. Needless to say that everybody had no clue that it would ever be a thing. Taking into account only our generation, there are just some activities teens adore to do: social media, going out, play sports. Moreover, hobbies come in all shapes and sizes. Generally speaking, I'd rather say that nowadays teens are just forced to use social media and, at the same time, they're able to choose any activity because the variety is tremendous. According to "Leisure time 3.0", we should start expecting less from technical development and more from ourselves. That's so true. 

         You might not know this but Laura Vanderkam during her speech on TED once said:"But when most of us have bits of time, what do we do? Pull out the phone, right?". That's the worst problem for teens nowadays, isn't it? Well, "maybe we should not just think about what the future will look like, but rather how we want the future to be like". Starting now, we may save a lot of precious time. 

Check out these sites for more information:

1. How to gain control over your free time

2. Leisure time 3.0

3. Healthy families bc

Glossary (used):

1. Trends: a prevailing tendency  

2. Unwind: to undo

3. Manage time: gain control over time

4. No clue: no idea

5. In all shapes and sizes: different 

6. Forced to: pressed to do

7. Tremendous: extraordinarily great

8. Variety: discrepancy

9. Precious: very valuable

10. Obvious: clear to understand 

11. Expect from ourselves: to be full of faith in ourselves 

12. Sums up: total

13. Bits of time: a little more of a free time

14. Pull out: take from