Shopping is now one of the most popular forms of leisure activity in many countries for young adults. What do you think is the reason for this? Is this a positive or negative development?

Amongst other forms of recreational activity, shopping is recently the most common for the youths in many continents of the world and I think

this

is happening basically because of peer influence.

This

in turn is a negative development due to the fact that many youths are now extravagant in spending plus they now compete and engage in unacceptable activities

such

as stealing in order to meet up with

this

trend

.

To begin

, one basic reason I believe shopping is gaining popularity among the youths is because of peer influence. Young adults want to flow with the

trend

of having new clothes, bags, shoes,

jewelry

an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)

jewellery

and slay

in

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with

them just like their peers

such

that any spare time or money they own, all

their

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they're

likely to do is go shopping. Evidently, a research carried out

in

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at

University

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the University

of Ghana, 2009, by an undergraduate student on how youths spend their leisure time shows that about 60% of the them spend more of their leisure shopping for new things.

Therefore

,

this

is just one reason amongst some others why shopping is becoming increasingly popular among the youths.

Nonetheless

,

this

I think is a negative

trend

because most youths are likely to become extravagant spenders. It is known that quality

products especially

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products, especially

wears, are quite expensive to purchase but the love for shopping tend to mould these ones to be squanderers,

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hence z

wasting their time and money on unnecessary materials just to satisfy their pleasure. Another point to consider is that youths are likely to compete with each other and

also

might do whatever it takes for them to shop for new things

such

as stealing,

hence

, making the society an unsafe place to live.

For example

, recently in a news, a young boy of 21 years was arrested for stealing a jewellery worth $2000

fom

a giver or sender

from

a shop in Washington, USA. He claimed that he wanted to wear the most expensive necklace to a party organised by his friend.

This

is likely to be the case of most youths today if shopping remains a growing

trend

. In conclusion, shopping is becoming increasingly popular among the youths of today in many nations because they want to feel

belonged

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belonging

and

this

is influencing their lifestyle negatively in terms of their spending and

behavioral

of or relating to behavior

behavioural

aspect of life.