Teenagers are the expression given to those who at the age of 13 to 15
years. Teenage is a phase transition from children to the adult stage with a
wide range of social behavior experienced as a normal human growth and
development in general. In this phase teenagers trying to figure out their
identity by doing things that are positive and negative. Thus the adolescent
phase a key indicator of how the future lives that will be undertaken by the
person as the early part of the pace of life that will be pursued, whether
towards the right path or the wrong path, either traditional, religious,
social, cultural and legal apply.
Activities teenager as one of the younger generation of the expectations
of parents and the community became the benchmark development level of social
order somewhere. In the order of modern society, the role of a teenager taking
a position that is quite important, as an example: a teenager became a symbol
of the quality of education in one place. Teens also be a tool to measure the
progress somewhere in preparing regeneration to fill important positions of
office somewhere. If the preparation of youth as future leaders failed
somewhere, then lost the hope to be able to build a more advanced civilization
somewhere such.
In Indonesia, efforts to prepare the regeneration of teenagers already
started to be built from the lowest level, namely the level of RT, RW, district or village. Efforts is to establish a forum adolescent or youth organization
whether they are social or religious nature with the vision of unity and
prosperity. Some containers teens or youth organizations are:
1. Youth
Youth is a youth organization that is based
social community, the goal is simply to appreciate and accommodate all the
youth activities that are positive such as warning the great days of national,
community service society, social service, environmental safety, education, and
all the activities that nuanced social, cultural and civic. Youth formed RW
level, village and sub-district with the official bureaucracy structurally and
legally to the national level.
2. Activities
Adolescents with religious ideology
Society teenagers with basic religious
ideology thrives in various regions in Indonesia. Every house of worship that
stands in Indonesia has the task as the central religious practices and places
of worship. Syiar be a strong rationale for the formation of this association
teen activities. Activity is concentrated on events of religious nature such as
memorial days of great religious, scientific assessment by discussing it in
religious teachings, the capacity of the aspirations of the people, and
preaching as the spread of religious teachings.
3. Community
Groups
Community groups dichotomy is formed on the
basis of similarity hobby, fun, togetherness and ideals. This activity has a
small scope and has two perspectives, both positive and negative. If the community
or group activities contrary to custom, law, religion and social behavior that
led to more community activity that is harmful and not helpful nothing.
Community groups scattered either incorporated or unincorporated. Generally
formed on the similarity hobby became a collection of people and calling
themselves by a particular community.
In the midst of all modern urban life teen activity continues to exist
and more professional in running the organization. All-free teenage life turned
out to be one of the most feared social behavior by the parents. You chose the
wrong neighborhood association in adolescents become fatal consequences fallen
into socially misleading drugs, alcohol, free sexs and crime. While teens are regenerating
replacement candidates who will receive the baton from the leaders of today.
For that pattern early teenage life can already be directed to activities that
are positive and build the nation. Youth today are the future leaders.