Essay-rising cost affecting teenagers

The rising cost of living is affecting the teenagers today. Because of the rising costs students struggle with independence, teenagers are unable to afford luxuries or socials outings and the cost of school and the costs of sporting and schoolings become unplayable.

Everybody wants independence whether you are a young adult or and eighty year old man. When a teenager becomes mentally old enough to leave home the rising costs make this hard to do so. The price of food has increased so much that to buy just the necessary food like bread, cheese and milk and cost you up to around twenty dollars, which is barely a meal.
The price of living in a home by yourself is horrific. To run a household a person must play for the increase in taxes, rising food bills and the even more expensive, the electricity bill.
So therefore when I teenager finally wants to break free and live in freedom they are unable to do so.

Teenagers have to work long hard hours because of minimum wage. For a student to now buy a one scoop piece of ice-cream it shall cost around $3 so they then have to choose an ice block at the corner dairy. The rising prices are making an everyday social life a lot more expensive. Even the local pool has gone up in price. To pay for a social life people will have to work longer hours, which may not be available and this could be a problem if the teenagers are at university or high school.

Do you want and education? Most will say yes. Because of the amount everyone is spending on their bills less money is being spent towards schools. Therefore this is making the schools and education be put last. The costs of playing at a sports centre has gone up to match the economy’s prices. Without sports New Zealand will have less healthy teenagers and obesity will become an even bigger issue.

All the rising prices are affecting the youth. When will these increases in prices stop or will they continue to rise to so that only the wealthy can do as they please. The rising prices does not benefit anyone else but those who are selling or advertising it. The Government should stop this to help our teenagers.