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.
Is it normal to hate teenagers?
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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.