Representation 3: Young people are "soft"
“It’s a safety blanket: why more and more teenagers are relying on life coaches.” - Newspaper Article
Life coaching is not to be confused with therapy. “You go to therapy
because something is broken and you want it to be fixed,” says the life
coach Michael Bungay Stanier, “whereas in coaching we have the
philosophy that you’re resourceful, creative and whole and it’s about
amplifying what’s working now. Coaching is often short-term – six to 12
months – and very positive and goal-oriented, whereas therapy can move
much slower and much deeper.”
Narrative
Whilst the
heading might sound negative this newspaper article is a positive media article
about the youth of today being proactive about their futures and using life
coaches to help them navigate the often-challenging period of time to becoming
an adult. With four different stories of
youth using life coaches from those who needed guidance as they were “falling
of the rails” to those who simply wanted to ensure that they could obtain the
best out of their education, the article delves into the many reasons why a
young person might wish to use a life coach.
The article talks a lot about Generation Z and the fact that social
media is often at the heart of most unhappiness that fuels or fills the youth
of today with the generation “leaning on social media as their means of
connection to other people.” (Kalia, 2019).
The article also exposes the
ultimate question for most youth: “how should I live my life”. In high school there is a lot of pressure on
high stakes testing and obtaining the best marks in order to qualify for University
and then in turn at 16 or 17 know what they wish to do as a career in their
lives and using a life coach has been seen here as a positive way to help youth
navigate this challenging time of life. (226 Words)
Scholarly
Article
In
this article there is talk about spending less time on social media in order to
help young people thrive in their lives as it led to anxiety and loneliness
without consumers recognising the why (Kalia, 2019). The contributing reasons to these factors
include the fact that consumers not only become envious of others “perfect
lives” but also because of a desensitisation to reality. Oyesomi and Salawu (2018) suggest that this is
also the case regarding the sexualisation of women in music videos with viewers
becoming accustomed to the way women are portrayed in the media rather than experiencing
shock anymore at the various sexual innuendos and demeaning names referring to
women (p. 12059). Their study concluded
that when asked, young women would in fact agree that music videos did
influence body image in the participants and included outcomes such as body dissatisfaction,
loss of values and is one of the biggest information sourcing concerning beauty
and attractiveness (Oyesomi & Salawu, 2018, p. 12069). (154 Words)
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