30 Photos Of Children Playing Around The World

Source: http://www.boredpanda.com/happy-children-playing/

No matter their cultural background, no matter their economic situation, kids will always find imaginative ways to have fun. Their wild imaginations and magical childhood moments, when captured on camera by talented photographers, can make for truly wonderful photos. These 33 images we collected will prove that childhood can be wonderful no matter where you go.

Many in the Western world fear that technology is making today’s children lose touch with nature and with their own creativity, and while there are arguments to be made for the intellectual stimulation that apps and programs for children can bring, there’s also something to be said for simply playing with a stick in the mud or chasing dandelion seeds though an open meadow.

For better or worse, the children in these photos seem entirely content making their own fun. For us adults, it’s important not to let our world-weary and jaded experience stifle our childish hopefulness and imagination!

INDONESIA

Image credits: Gede Lila Kantiana, I Gede Lila Kantiana, Ipoenk Graphic

RUSSIA

Image credits: Elena Shumilova, Светлана Квашина

BURKINA FASO

Image credits: Òscar Tardío

MYANMAR

Image credits: Chan Kwok Hung

TAJIKISTAN

Image credits: Damon Lynch

INDIA

Image credits: Mukund Images, Sudharsan Ravikumar, Sandee Pachetan

VIETNAM

Image Credits: HT KëñShï

GHANA

Image credits: Terry White

ESTONIA

Image credits: Elika Hunt

THAILAND

Image credits: Sarawut Intarob

SOUTH AFRICA

Image credits: tinosoriano.com, Muhammed Muheisen

PERU

Image credits: Enrique Castro-Mendivil

ETHIOPIA

Image credits: Csilla Zelko

ITALY

Image credits: Michael Potyomin

USA

Image credits: Jake Olson

INDONESIA #2

Image Credits: Mio Cade, Hendrik Priyanto, James Khoo, Rio Rinaldi Rachmatullah

UGANDA

Image credits: John Van Den Hende

ROMANIA

Image credits: Elena Simona Craciun

RUSSIA #2

Image credits: Elena Shumilova

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NEGATIVE INFLUENCES OF CELEBRITIES ON TEENS

Technology has given people easy access to everyone’s lives. Fans are able to feel a part of their favorite celebrity’s everyday life by tracking their whereabouts. They feel up-to-date on what is happening in their lives. Thus, giving them a connection and a sense of closeness to celebrities. The ability to constantly know what is happening with celebrities—what they are wearing, where they are going, and what they are interested in—affects how society lives their lives. People feel the need to emulate their favorite star, so they imitate their clothes, accessories, and even attempt to attend the same type of places.

Teenagers are the most common people trying to copy their idols. Celebrities have the easiest time influencing teens because they are so vulnerable. Teenagers are in search for self-esteem, their identity, and a “cool” self-image. All of these aspects of a teenager’s life are detrimental to who they will become. The power of the celebrity has taken control of these teens and ended with negative influences.

A teen needs to satisfy his need for love, acceptance, and success in order to experience high self-esteem. He gains his self-esteem by pleasing his parents, peers, and society. This is a time in an adolescent’s life where they feel the most need for acceptance. This need for acceptance drives teens to be more experimental, innovative, and sometimes controversial. They are at a time in their life where they keep reinventing themselves. They may start out as a jock, then become a punk, then preppy, and so on and so forth.

According to Teenager Research Unlimited, fun is the number one description for the teenage generation. Teenagers emphasize freedom, yet do not want to take on the responsibilities and obligations of adults. Fun links the teens to experimentation with illegal or illicit substances. Their ideas on life are more in the clouds than in reality. Teens are thinking, dreaming, and even planning a few years ahead. This, in turn, is making celebrities a few years older than them more desirable. Teens are fans of Miley Cyrus, who was caught on film smoking marijuana, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, who went to jail for drinking and drugs. Teens consider this to be okay, and do not let instances like this hinder their idols’ likeability.

Your enemy has fun in your sorrow, it makes the envious pleased.

 Your enemy has fun in your sorrow, it makes the envious pleased.
 Tu enemigo se divierte en su dolor, que hace que la complace envidioso.
 Uw vijand heeft plezier aan uw droefheid, het maakt de jaloersen verheugd.
 Votre ennemi a du plaisir dans votre chagrin, il rend le plaisir envieux.
 Ihr Feind hat Spaß in Ihrer Trauer, macht es der neidische zufrieden.
 Nǐ de dírén yǒu lèqù, nǐ de yōuchóu, zhè ràng xiànmù gāoxìng.
 Din fiende har kul i din sorg, det gör de avundsjuka nöjd.
 Vash vrag imeyet udovol’stviye v vashem gore , on delayet zavistnikov dovolen.
 Sizin düşman üzüntü eğlenceli vardır, o kıskanç memnun yapar.
 Il tuo nemico ha divertimento nel vostro dolore, rende il piacere invidioso.
 Musuh Anda memiliki menyenangkan dalam kesedihan Anda, itu membuat iri senang.

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