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Teenager is a term I define as transition, from childhood innocence to pimples, greasy hair and hormones. During this transitional period reality of life rips away the sanctity of the apron strings they once clung to. Self esteem should be considered as a fragile orb breathing life into the teenager. Unfortunately, the teenager is not educated in life to hold such a gift, but they do.

This transitional period is a rude awakening no one prepared them for; "Hey Judy and Johnny, next year your face will break out, kids will make fun of you for being different to them and all of a sudden Advertising about clothes, sex and fast cars / make up will miraculously become appealing to you, but don't worry, I'll teach you everything I know." This conversation never happens as parents still aren't dealing with their own failed transitional period.

This transitional period continues for many years and self esteem is the dominant factor contributing to the many layers of serious life long term issues. Teenagers with high self esteem will permeate their confidence into their adulthood. They may find being a teenager difficult to grasp, but it's nothing they can't handle and they end up working it out for themselves.

A teenager with negative or low self esteem destroys the fragile building blocks they need to construct a healthy and loving adulthood. It affects their engagement in building relationships at home, work and in their personal life; it stems from this transitional period. It effects how they care for themselves in relation to obesity, depression, suicide, confidence and absorbing knowledge. Does a teenager with low self esteem feel they are bright and beautiful?

At work the teenager who failed to succeed in their transitional period will find the work place a ferocious and dangerous jungle. Some workplaces have been tainted with suicides because the workplace bully, more often than not, is their manager. This bully places unrealistic expectations upon them, setting them up to fail. The defeated teenager returns and all that pain floods back. Does the bullied worker make a complaint and face up to their perpetrator? Do they accept their pain or resign and move to another work place?

A short anecdote to help balance the score there was a teenager whom was not the athletic type, more of the arts student type, yet the teenager had to engage in weekly sports activities at school, which mainly consisted of football, soccer and cricket. Life was grim as these types of sports

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