Some people believe that teenagers should be required to do unpaid community work in their free time. This can benefit teenagers and the community as well. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Some believe that young people should occupy themselves with unpaid

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service in their spare time. Proponents of

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idea present it as a beneficial activity for both

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and society as a whole. I do not fully agree with

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statement, and in

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essay, I will talk about

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topic and explain why I disagree with having

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for free during holidays, and how youth can participate in their communities while

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benefitting more from their

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, people who support having teens do unpaid

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argue that children and adolescents spend a lot of their time off on unproductive things

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as playing video games, watching TV, or following social media. Those activities are not productive, and they can impede

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' growth mentally and physically as they do not provide meaningful mental stimulation or sufficient physical exercise. In their opinion,

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can benefit greatly from participating in outdoor activities and interacting with their

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at large

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of spending their summer vacation in their rooms.

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, they say, would turn them into socially responsible adults and improve their communication skills.

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, a compulsory mandate that

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should occupy themselves with

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can have unintended negative consequences.

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, they can be exposed to dangerous situations during their

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and risk their safety. It can take a single incident of someone injuring themselves whilst doing

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for other teens — and their parents — to avoid

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altogether.

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, children

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age are already weighed down by many rules, school

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, and home chores. Adding

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service on top of their long list of responsibilities can be counterproductive and would leave little room for creative activities that

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enjoy. To conclude,

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encouraging teens to do

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service is a good concept, it has to be thoughtfully implemented in a way that

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volunteer on their own and for their parents to ensure that there are ways to ensure their children's safety and well-being in the meantime. I do not think that compulsory unpaid labour is a good way of doing it. Encouraging youth to be helpful members of society through financial means or through rewarding their school records can be a much better alternative.