What I Found
Nonchalant attitudes are present in teenagers because we are going
through changes and also because acting nonchalant is a way to portray our
independence. This is seen in one of my articles. In the article Ireland states,
“As your child begins to exert
her own agency and form habits, talents and interests, she may use a nonchalant
attitude to assert her own decisions”.When teenagers try to make their own
decisions, but can’t because their parents make the decision for them, they can
only defend themselves by having a nonchalant attitude. This action of defending
themselves is also referenced when Ireland states, “
in most cases, your child
deploys a nonchalant attitude because she wants to show defiance as a defense
mechanism…you punish as you wish and she undermines you by acting as if she
doesn't care”. The teenager knows that they cannot do anything else to prevent
or make the situation better, so having a nonchalant attitude is there only way
to defend themselves from their parents. In another article it states that
teenagers behave certain ways because we are going through changes. In this
article Wergeles says, “Teenagers are characterized by their risky behavior.
It is true, teens are impulsive, but they are also vulnerable and
dynamic”. This shows that we are not just acting this way to make our parents
mad or because we truly do not care. Portraying a nonchalant attitude is a way
to make ourselves seem tough in our time of vulnerability. We are nonchalant
because we do not want to display how we truly feel about situations. A display
of feelings makes us vulnerable and open to attack. I then researched the risks
teens take, and I found out something interesting.
In the article Dobbs states, “teens
take more risks not because they don't understand the dangers but because they
weigh risk versus reward differently: In situations where risk can get them
something they want, they value the reward more heavily than adults do”.
Nonchalance plays a significant role in this. In the risky situation they know
that something bad could potentially go wrong, but they do not care
(nonchalance) simply because the reward is great. From this I learned that teens
care about what they want to care about. The majority of the time it involves a
high pay off, and because of this pay off all emotions that would normally be
felt would go out the window. I also learned that the weather plays a role in the attitude a teenager displays.
In the last article I found, Hunt states, “One
recent study found that spending at least 30 minutes a day in warm, sunny
weather could improve people's moods and give their minds a boost”. This
intrigued me greatly because I didn’t really think this was possible until I
started to look back at my own life, and noticed a direct correlation.
through changes and also because acting nonchalant is a way to portray our
independence. This is seen in one of my articles. In the article Ireland states,
“As your child begins to exert
her own agency and form habits, talents and interests, she may use a nonchalant
attitude to assert her own decisions”.When teenagers try to make their own
decisions, but can’t because their parents make the decision for them, they can
only defend themselves by having a nonchalant attitude. This action of defending
themselves is also referenced when Ireland states, “
in most cases, your child
deploys a nonchalant attitude because she wants to show defiance as a defense
mechanism…you punish as you wish and she undermines you by acting as if she
doesn't care”. The teenager knows that they cannot do anything else to prevent
or make the situation better, so having a nonchalant attitude is there only way
to defend themselves from their parents. In another article it states that
teenagers behave certain ways because we are going through changes. In this
article Wergeles says, “Teenagers are characterized by their risky behavior.
It is true, teens are impulsive, but they are also vulnerable and
dynamic”. This shows that we are not just acting this way to make our parents
mad or because we truly do not care. Portraying a nonchalant attitude is a way
to make ourselves seem tough in our time of vulnerability. We are nonchalant
because we do not want to display how we truly feel about situations. A display
of feelings makes us vulnerable and open to attack. I then researched the risks
teens take, and I found out something interesting.
In the article Dobbs states, “teens
take more risks not because they don't understand the dangers but because they
weigh risk versus reward differently: In situations where risk can get them
something they want, they value the reward more heavily than adults do”.
Nonchalance plays a significant role in this. In the risky situation they know
that something bad could potentially go wrong, but they do not care
(nonchalance) simply because the reward is great. From this I learned that teens
care about what they want to care about. The majority of the time it involves a
high pay off, and because of this pay off all emotions that would normally be
felt would go out the window. I also learned that the weather plays a role in the attitude a teenager displays.
In the last article I found, Hunt states, “One
recent study found that spending at least 30 minutes a day in warm, sunny
weather could improve people's moods and give their minds a boost”. This
intrigued me greatly because I didn’t really think this was possible until I
started to look back at my own life, and noticed a direct correlation.