According to experts, one of the main reasons for stress is that childhood has gotten shorter, and the perception of children has changed. since tv is available to all audiences, children can get messages that were probably meant for adults, and the dividing line between childhood and adulthood is less and clear. children do not play is many of their own games as thay used to, and most of their games and sport nowadays are those preferred by adults. youngsters wear similar clothing to that of adults, and thay used adult language that was once never to be heard from a child, young people these days are under tremendous pressure to achieve, to please, and to succeed, thay are expected to adjust to social changed that past generations have never had to deal with. the demands made on preteens and teens by modern life have definitely increased the level of stress.