Today the most acute problems of youth are:
a) Relationship between parents and children or "generation gap",
b) Spending of free time,
c) Self-expression,
d) Smoking, drugs, street crime, young -violence,
e) How to earn money,
f) Education and work.

What do young people want to get from life? The New Wave Young don't like to be treated as teenagers. They want to be independence and to talk to their parents as friends. Some of them respect authority, learn to know more, take part in charity, projects, develop youth culture, search for meaning in life. Others only want to get a lot of money to buy clothes, records and tapes, video. They think that money is very important. They wear clothes of western style, want to be stylish and individual. Some of them are "punks" and "rockers". Today's young reject everything to express themselves. They don't bother hoot social problems, only smoke and drink and use drugs. Mutual maunders and conflict between parents and their children can sometimes arise. This happens when older generation refuses to accept their behavior tastes, fashion. It is tack of fact on bath sides. Two of the biggest problems are drugs and smoking. The government opens several special hospitals for the addict. There is a big anti-drugs campaign in our country. Where go the drugs come from several places including Western Europe and Afghanistan. As well as advertising education is also vocal in the Fight against drugs. Many schools have drugs program for children. An important problem for many young people is smoking. Millions of teenagers know it is harmful for them but they still do it. Many of them can't say "no" to a cigarette. It's a hard habit. It's dangerous to live with heavy smokers.