Nowadays many singers and dancers who play parts in TV programs influence teenagers very much in Korea; in other words, they absolutely influence teenagers' personality. Generally speaking, there are a lot of problems which are caused by the stars to the young. The problems are not just their matters, but they are problems of our society, too, because teenagers are our future. Then how can adults accept their unconditional actions or passions for the stars?
        A few months ago, there was a TV program that dealt with a student who ran away from home and followed singers (for example, H.O.T., Turbo, Yu Seung Jun, etc.). The student said that she was 22 years old and lived in Cheju. She also said that her parents allowed her to go to Seoul. But her parents didn't know why she wanted to go to Seoul. She made money from part-time jobs and spent it on the singers. She made passbooks for the stars and paid into these accounts, and these passbooks were gifts for the stars. Of course, she didn't come in contact with her family and her friends; furthermore, she slept on the back streets or in subway stations. One day, she cried because a singer didn't look at her and ignored her. That day, she went to the broadcasting station to meet her stars with gifts and flowers. She called the stars' names, but the stars didn't look at her. At the end of the show, she thought that they betrayed her and was so depressed. Moreover, she was exposed to a dangerous environment.
        This is not the only case like this. The serious problem is that there are many middle or high school students like the girl I mentioned. The collect photographs of their favorite stars and imitate them in fashion, screaming and crying for them. But adults are not fond of these odd actions. So older people censure the younger people. However, do adults have to abuse young students because they are irresponsible and not mature? That is not the proper manner to face them and understand them. Adults must think about the time when they loved the stars of their time and followed them. At that time the ex-adolescents might have complained that their parents didn't understand them either but abused them. Why did they complain at that time? That is because students of every generation want to live according to their own rules. But the rules changed as they grew up because they became responsible for their behaviors; at the same time, they forgot their dreams and ideals.
        The girl I mentioned above is an extreme example. But her story is true. I can understand both groups as a person who is a member of the "middle" generation. I think the problem is not just the fault of adolescents. They need many chances to relieve their tension from studying, and TV stars can help adolescents take a rest and enjoy their time. Of course, I don't mean every adolescent is right and every adult is wrong, but adolescents should know how to control their passion and how to be tolerant. Adolescents are not mature, but they have their own culture; therefore, adults must try to understand it. In addition, the government should make a branch office to defend adolescents from the dangerous environment, or adolescents who leave home will have no choice but going to dark places in this society (for example, unlicensed prostitute streets). The old generations have responsibilities to protect the young generations. These are the best ways to overcome the generation gap between older people and younger people and save adolescents from unconditional passion and dangerous environments.