haha Thought that would get you all going! Of course I know from the idiotic posts that most of you are teenagers - but why, if this site is for the over 18s?
I note that none of you came up with an excuse as to why the 'unhappy' ones don't move out to get peace. Other people started off with nothing, one multi-millionaire landed in a new town with 12cents in his pocket to start a new life.
I think the teenagers today are given too much by parents who had very little as they grew up and so have created monsters, who don't feel the need to work for their rewards. As a teenager, I knew not to answer back for fear of a beating, not to ask for anything because there was no money for extras, couldn't get fat because there were no sweets / biscuits / crap in the house. The only books I had were school books and the family tv only had 3 channels.
I was a teenager but unlike today's teenagers, I knew to keep my mouth shut (as no-one is interested in silly, inexperienced and ill-thought out views) until I was old enough to get out, at the stroke of 18!
I appreciate that not all teenagers are like this, but they really do seem few and far between.
Firstly, times have changed! Maybe back in your day you could move out with nothing, but today how do you expect to live alone? You need to pay hundreds of pounds rent at minimum, and then food etc...it's a LOT harder these days.
And although I can understand your view, a lot of teenagers aren't like this, myself included. And what is your solution, violence? Because here you are as an adult WHINING about hormonal, young and inexperienced teenagers. At least they have an excuse, what's yours?
And btw, your generation raised today's teenagers, so blame it on your generations bad parenting skills, not teenagers who don;t know any better!
I do blame today's parents as a lot don't bother to parent their kids, but rather try to be their 'friend' which is just their excuse for being too lazy to discipline them and teach right from wrong. We've got kids having kids.
My objection is that some teenagers lack appreciation for everything they're given; food, utilities, clothes, gadgets, etc and mouth off at their parents who are sacrificing to give them these things. I say they should try going it alone. Times have certainly changed as we had no minimum wage when I moved out, but I worked all the extra hours to pay rent on a room I rented in a house with two other lads. Who says you need to live alone?
You said it yourself, "Teenagers who don't know any better!" so my solution would be for a 'trial separation' so that they could live in a youth hostel or bed and breakfast for a month and then return home. Then they would know the luxury of their own home, as the hostel or B&B puts guests out in the morning, only allowing them to return at say 6pm. The parents would get peace for 4 weeks and would see how much cheaper it is to be without them, and the teenager would learn that the only real friends he/she has, are the family that they abuse, but who still manage to love them.
Or else they could go and stay with friends who would get fed up feeding, clothing them etc. I've just had a thought, if you found yourself with extra money would you take your mom/dad out and buy them new clothes, shoes, gadgets, drugs, drink, cigarettes? So why do so many think it's OK to spend their parent's dosh on these things for themselves?
Obviously you wouldn't need this 'trial separation' as you are such a decent respectful teenager, but I'm sure you know some others that behave disgracefully towards their parents.
Certainly for the teenagers you describe that would be a good method oh showing them how good they've got it at home. And it also worries sometimes that my generation are next in line to become presidents, police officers, etc...
But then I realise that teenagers are usually only like that for a few years and then they realise that they need t get themselves sorted because they won't have their parents forever. And that's when you get young, responsible adults.
And yes, they're are still teenagers who never grow out of this phase because they get everything they want, but at the end of the day, they're not going to get very far in life, especially with the amount of rejection people face today.
While I understand where you're coming from saying that people have gone great places from nothing, that isn't always the case. Fact of the matter is anyone can make something of themselves, but not everyone can. No matter how many people become rich and succcessful, we still need people to flip burgers and mop floors and do all of those low wage jobs, and with no experience and with their youth, those are the kinds of jobs teenagers are most likely to end up in.
I doubt most teens would have the knowledge to live on their own off of minimum wage. And I can understand disliking the kinds of teens you're talking about, but that certainly isn't everyone. I'm always kinda shocked by how many teenagers apparently party all the time, I never even drank before I came to college. Then again I alawys was one of the more responsible kids.
Is it normal to hate teenagers?
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haha Thought that would get you all going! Of course I know from the idiotic posts that most of you are teenagers - but why, if this site is for the over 18s?
I note that none of you came up with an excuse as to why the 'unhappy' ones don't move out to get peace. Other people started off with nothing, one multi-millionaire landed in a new town with 12cents in his pocket to start a new life.
I think the teenagers today are given too much by parents who had very little as they grew up and so have created monsters, who don't feel the need to work for their rewards. As a teenager, I knew not to answer back for fear of a beating, not to ask for anything because there was no money for extras, couldn't get fat because there were no sweets / biscuits / crap in the house. The only books I had were school books and the family tv only had 3 channels.
I was a teenager but unlike today's teenagers, I knew to keep my mouth shut (as no-one is interested in silly, inexperienced and ill-thought out views) until I was old enough to get out, at the stroke of 18!
I appreciate that not all teenagers are like this, but they really do seem few and far between.
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Firstly, times have changed! Maybe back in your day you could move out with nothing, but today how do you expect to live alone? You need to pay hundreds of pounds rent at minimum, and then food etc...it's a LOT harder these days.
And although I can understand your view, a lot of teenagers aren't like this, myself included. And what is your solution, violence? Because here you are as an adult WHINING about hormonal, young and inexperienced teenagers. At least they have an excuse, what's yours?
And btw, your generation raised today's teenagers, so blame it on your generations bad parenting skills, not teenagers who don;t know any better!
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I do blame today's parents as a lot don't bother to parent their kids, but rather try to be their 'friend' which is just their excuse for being too lazy to discipline them and teach right from wrong. We've got kids having kids.
My objection is that some teenagers lack appreciation for everything they're given; food, utilities, clothes, gadgets, etc and mouth off at their parents who are sacrificing to give them these things. I say they should try going it alone. Times have certainly changed as we had no minimum wage when I moved out, but I worked all the extra hours to pay rent on a room I rented in a house with two other lads. Who says you need to live alone?
You said it yourself, "Teenagers who don't know any better!" so my solution would be for a 'trial separation' so that they could live in a youth hostel or bed and breakfast for a month and then return home. Then they would know the luxury of their own home, as the hostel or B&B puts guests out in the morning, only allowing them to return at say 6pm. The parents would get peace for 4 weeks and would see how much cheaper it is to be without them, and the teenager would learn that the only real friends he/she has, are the family that they abuse, but who still manage to love them.
Or else they could go and stay with friends who would get fed up feeding, clothing them etc. I've just had a thought, if you found yourself with extra money would you take your mom/dad out and buy them new clothes, shoes, gadgets, drugs, drink, cigarettes? So why do so many think it's OK to spend their parent's dosh on these things for themselves?
Obviously you wouldn't need this 'trial separation' as you are such a decent respectful teenager, but I'm sure you know some others that behave disgracefully towards their parents.
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Certainly for the teenagers you describe that would be a good method oh showing them how good they've got it at home. And it also worries sometimes that my generation are next in line to become presidents, police officers, etc...
But then I realise that teenagers are usually only like that for a few years and then they realise that they need t get themselves sorted because they won't have their parents forever. And that's when you get young, responsible adults.
And yes, they're are still teenagers who never grow out of this phase because they get everything they want, but at the end of the day, they're not going to get very far in life, especially with the amount of rejection people face today.
While I understand where you're coming from saying that people have gone great places from nothing, that isn't always the case. Fact of the matter is anyone can make something of themselves, but not everyone can. No matter how many people become rich and succcessful, we still need people to flip burgers and mop floors and do all of those low wage jobs, and with no experience and with their youth, those are the kinds of jobs teenagers are most likely to end up in.
I doubt most teens would have the knowledge to live on their own off of minimum wage. And I can understand disliking the kinds of teens you're talking about, but that certainly isn't everyone. I'm always kinda shocked by how many teenagers apparently party all the time, I never even drank before I came to college. Then again I alawys was one of the more responsible kids.