Spaces of (In)Activity of Modern Teenagers

Numerous opportunities and proposals for “using life” cause the young to get lost and live in fluctuating confusion by undertaking activities that are not always beneficial to themselves. Experiencing existential uncertainty, the young generation is confronted with a multitude of situations, often unable to make decisions that are important to them and related activities. The young experience again and again, in different ways, both fascination with technology, the virtual world, boundless freedom, and rebellion against traditions, demands and structures. In the text, the author leans into the problem of the quality of activity of modern teenagers. Pointing to the complex world of numerous choices and opportunities for activity, the author clarifies the basic concepts related to the (in)activity of adolescents. In the following sections, he analyzes his chosen spaces of (in)activity of adolescents, pointing to the complex nature of the phenomenon. The article identifies and describes three basic areas of youth (in)activity, which include physical, intellectual, as well as spiritual areas. In his considerations, the author also points out the social context of the activities undertaken by young people, stressing that modern globalism, diverse lifestyles and multiculturalism saturated with the lack of unambiguity and fixed points of reference do not make it easier for young people to live according to established, certain and permanent values. Moreover, the lack of grounding in the world makes young people live in permanent confusion.