Effects of Glamour on Teenagers

Most teenagers are influenced by the glamorous and ideal lifestyle of celebrities and go out of their way to imitate them. What they don’t realize is that such actions can have adverse effects on their personality and generally do more harm to them than good.

Teenagers today will usually try to adopt specific qualities that their respective idols possess. It can be anything, from a certain catchphrase, a pose, a dialect or their entire behavioral pattern. When questioned, most teenagers would automatically assume that adopting something that is represented by a celebrity would make them look cool and hip. However, there are negative aspects that come into play.

For one thing, it shows a lack of connection between the teenager and other individuals. They might feel neglected and try to imitate someone popular in order to gain approval from others. It also brings to light any anti-social sentiments, where the teenager prefers to be alienated from others and imitate those whom he/she holds in favor. As a result, behavioral disturbances can be observed within such teenagers whose lifestyles do not contain the same amount of glamor and glitz as of those that they idolize, and they can be seen to constantly pine for it, oblivious to the benefits that their current lifestyle has on them and those around them.