YOUTH PROBLEMS

In
PAKISTAN
 Introduction

Community

School

Family
School
Youth

Family

Community
 List of Problems
• Education
• Child Labour
• Drug Abuse
• Suicide
• Politics
• Media Effects
 Youth Education
• Low Enrolment
 Primary enrolment 57%
 Secondary enrolment 22%
 Higher education enrolment 1.9%
• Teacher’s do not posses enough
knowledge
• Rote learning is encouraged by teachers
• Madaris Education
• Govt. is not giving much preference to
education as to other fields
 Child Labour

• Definition
• Categories Of Child Labour
 Labour
 Begging
• Causes Of Child Labour
• Effects Of Child Labour On
Ones Life
• Does It Do Any good?
• What Child Labour Leads
To…..?
Big Hopes but no future
 Drug Abuse
 Definition
 Types of Drugs
• Alcohol
• Tobacco
• Herbs
 Who Leads the Youngster to Drugs Abuse
• Media
• Bad Company
• Fashion
• Mental Disorder
 Drug Abuse
Effects of Drugs Abuse On Teenagers
•Physical
•Emotional
•In a School
•Family
•Social Problems

Substance Use, 1975-1999 Alcohol & Marijuana Use by Age

 Narcotics
What does it look How is it
Type What is it called?
like? used?
White to dark- Injected,
Smack, Horse, Mud, Brown sugar, brown powder or smoked
Heroin
Junk, Black tar, and Big H tar-like , or
substance inhaled
Empirin compound with codeine, Dark liquid varying Taken
Codeine Tylenol with codeine, Codeine in in thickness, orally,
cough medicine capsules, tablets injected
Taken
White crystals,
orally,
hypodermic
Morphine Pectoral syrup injected
tablets, or inject
, or
able solutions
smoked
Smoked,
Paregoric, Dover's Powder, Dark brown chunks, eaten,
Opium
Parepectolin powder or
injected
 Effective Period of drugs
DETECTION PERIODS FOR DRUGS IN URINE

Detection Period
ALCOHOL, ETHYL 3-10 HOURS
BENZODIAZEPINES HEAVY ABUSE 3-6 WEEKS
COCAINE 2-3+ DAYS
tobacco 1-4 min.
CODEINE 1-3+ DAYS
HEROIN 1-2 DAYS
METHAQUALONE (QUAALUDE) 2 WEEKS
MORPHINE 1-2 DAYS
PCP (PHENCYCLIDINE) 2-8 DAYS
ECSTASY 3-5 DAYS
PROPOXYPHENE (DARVON) 6-48 HOURS
(PROPOXYPHENE METABOLITES) 6-48 HOURS
2 DAYS -
ANABOLIC STEROIDS (ORAL)
4 WEEKS
2 MONTHS -
ANABOLIC STEROIDS (INJECTABLE)
1 YEAR
 Suicide
What is Suicide?
Teen Suicide
Reasons
•Depression & Stressful Situation Of Loss
• Uses Of Drugs
•Poverty
•Unemployment
•Family & Love Matters
 Suicide
Suicide Rate
• 11th leading cause of death in 2000 (28,322)
• 8th leading cause in 1997 (30,535)
• 3rd leading cause of death for 15-24 year olds, 5th leading for 5-
14 years old.
• 1.3% of all deaths are from suicide (double the rate of AIDS).
• Firearms account for 58% of all suicides.
• Males 4x more likely to commit suicide.
• Estimates suggest that between 8-25 unsuccessful attempts for
every successful.
Suicide Prevention
• Warning Signs
• Signs are often not verbal.
• Giving away beloved objects.
• Changes in eating or sleeping habits.
• Displaying a sense of calmness after a period of agitation.
 Politics
• Political Parties
• In History
• Today
• On the Name of
Religion
 Media Effects
Media offer entertainment, culture, news, sports, and education. They are
an important part of our lives and have much to teach. But some of what

they teach may not be what we want children to learn.

• Television
 Good Effects
 Bad Effects

Violence
From media violence children learn to
behave aggressively toward others. They
are taught to use violence instead of self-
control to take care of problems or
conflicts
 • Analysis by PU students:-
• 61% of TV shows are violent
• Few shows emphasize an anti-violence
theme
• 40% of violent scenes on TV include
humor
• 54% of the violence is lethal
• 51% of TV violence shows no pain

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• Video Games:-
Positive effects
• Video game playing introduces children to
computer technology.
• Games can give practice in following
directions.
• Some games provide practice in problem
solving and logic.
• Games can provide practice in use of fine
motor and spatial skills.
• Games can provide occasions for parent
and child to play together.
• Players are introduced to information
technology.
• Some games have beneficial applications
with patients.
• Games are entertaining and fun.
 Negative effects
• Game environments are often based on plots of
violence, aggression and gender favoritism.
• Over-dependence on video games could foster social
isolation, as they are often played alone.
• Many games only offer an arena of weapons, killings,
kicking, stabbing and shooting.
• Academic achievement may be negatively related to
over-all time spent playing video games.
• Many games do not offer action that requires
independent thought or creativity.
• Games can confuse reality and fantasy.
• Playing violent video games may be related to
aggressive behavior

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 Internet

The Internet has a significant potential for providing children and

youth with access to educational information, and can be compared
with a huge home library.
• Benefits of the Internet:
• • Near limitless information resource
• • High degree of availability and affordability in most communities in
the western world
• • An asset for research or homework
• • A communication tool for teachers and university professors with
their students
• • Rapid and inexpensive communication via e-mail and video
linkage
• • Access by the disabled to much that may otherwise be
unavailable:
• • Through technology that makes computer use possible

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 Adverse effects:
• Underage children may accidentally or by design access
pornographic sites
• Predators have access to minors through unsupervised
use of chat rooms and e-mail
• Loss of inhibitions normally experienced when face-to-
face, promoting sexual exchanges and promiscuity
• On-line gambling
• Potential for plagiarism in school work
• Promotion of hatred or violence through Web sites
targeting a specific group, such as women,
homosexuals, and religious or ethnic groups
• Violence through video games, song lyrics and on-line
bullying, access to hazardous materials or information
on making weapons.

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 Alcohols and drugs
• Messages about tobacco
and alcohol are everywhere
in media.
• Teens who see a lot of ads
for beer, wine, liquor, and
cigarettes admit that it
influences them to want to
drink and smoke
• the three most advertised
cigarette brands are also
the most popular ones
smoked by teens.

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 Suggestions

• Do encourage each other

• Be practical
• Take help from Quran and sunnah
• Distribution of ideologies in the youth
• Do have patience to face the difficulties
• Do hate the deed not the character himself
• Prove and cash your skill
• Right man over the right place
• Youth should be clear about their future
• Be at arm length from the bad company!
• Do not make your parent as a role model for you
 Suggestions Cont…

• How we can stand against western culture!

• Do not break the statue of mud but the statue
of mind!
• Do not walk in parallel with any and ideology
first think!
• What is our today responsibility
• Problem should be solved form the very first
day! So don’t delay
• Do ask question!
• Build-up confidence
• Courageous
THANK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION!

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