Social problems among youth are increasingly worrying phenomenon that we have to face in our

daily basis. Social problems such as drug abuse, student misconduct, promiscuity and baby abortion are
so widespread happen and rapidly growing. Just look at the newspaper nowadays. There are always the
same stories about social issues among teenager.
There are many factors that cause social problems. One of the factors is family crisis. It cause the
social control on children neglected. Parents who often argued would not be able to nurture and educating
children their properly. This situation become worsens when there are some parents who busy with the
task at office until they ignore their responsibilities to watch over the behavior of their children. As a
result, there are children who run away from home, socialize with troublesome friend, and from there all
of the social problem that mention above will begin.
Besides, social problems are also caused by the influence of mass media. In this age of rapidly
expanding technology, teenagers are exposed to negative influences through the Internet and many other
channels so that their minds are easily poisoned by the negative elements of mass media. In addition, the
claims of modernization has also put pressure on those who want the freedom to escape from the shackles
of the family and demanded the rights of individuals causing the youth to reject the authority of parents to
control their behavior.
Social problems are also associated with deterioration of discipline in schools. Due to the school
does not impose strict against students who violate discipline, then the students dared to do something
that should not be done by a student, such as smoking, skipping class and fighting. They will bring this
behavior along with them when they leave school later. They will be more bold to do things that in will
eventually contribute to the spread of social problems such as smoking, abuse drugs, sexual promiscuity,
gangsterism and so forth.
To reduce social problems, parents should educate and inculcate moral values and religious teachings
perfectly to their children so that their children will be a morally and honorable teenager. Parents need to
understand the problems of their children and make their children as friends and not foes. Besides the
family members of adult brother or sister should be helping their parents in monitoring and controlling
their kids from doing an act that can contribute to social problems.
At school, the students have their teacher to control them from social ills. Teachers need to closely
engage all students and understanding their problems. Teachers should be aware and be open and try to
give encouragement to their students and this will open up space for students to discuss and share the
problems faced by them. In addition, school discipline must be tightened. Collaboration between teachers

and the parents of the students should be improved. The school can also provide counseling to students
with problems so that the student does not feel like he was being abandoned.
In conclusion, to curb this social problem from continuing to spread, various parties involved should
work together and play their respective roles. If all parties can work together as expected, there is no
reason why social problems among youth cannot be contained.