Social challenges of teenagers: problems and solutions from the perspective of educational counseling

Adolescence, a transitional stage towards human personality, is influenced by multiple societal challenges with global scope. This article explores how the societal challenges of adolescents can be analyzed from the perspective of educational metasystemology based on Urie Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model. From this perspective, the development of adolescent personality is the result of the interaction between the individual and his/her environment at the level of a) systemic interactions between the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem and chronosystem and b) metasystemic interactions specific to the rapid diversification of real-virtual environments. This article describes the following societal challenges: entrepreneurship and social inclusion, substance abuse (alcoholism), intergenerational relations, values and impact of recreational activities, digital technologies. Their meticulous study allowed the identification of the constitutive elements, structure and curricular form of the program “Societal Challenges and Adolescent Personality Development”, focused on educational counseling in the management of current societal challenges. The conclusion refers the need for integrated educational practices for the development of adolescents’ personality in the dynamic context of the educational environment.