Teenage Crises: The Fateful Choices

Abstract:
This documentary addresses many of the significant problems encountered by today's teens: addiction, violence, pregnancy, AIDS, and depression/suicide. Teenage Crises aims to shake up the notion of teen invincibility by talking to young people who have paid a price for their poor choices and have come through hard times with tough, articulate assessments. The participants in the video are real. They include kids in prison, single young women with children, and, in one segment, an Olympic swimming champion, Nelson Diebel, who overcame drug problems to win a gold medal. The video also includes interviews with ordinary teens grappling with the tough questions of the times: How do you choose good role models among peers and adults? How can you seek help when life is getting you down? Two well-known experts in adolescent behavior help provide some of the answers that teens will want to hear. The video's ultimate goal is to get across the idea that change can happen and that life has endless possibilities as long as we steer away from destructive choices.


Date Published: 1/1/1993

Comments:
Video Tape - This is a good stand-alone documentary for illuminating the problems facing youth, but very few solutions are offered. This video can be purchased from Human Relations Media (HRM) for $189.00 plus S&H. Running time is 28 minutes.

Location Code: 144