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I think that a lot of the problem now is that these kids parents are still kids too -_-
Girls get pregnant at 14 and have no idea about how to bring up a child, because they're still a child themselves, and a bit of a brattish one at that to get pregnant so early. That's one reason why some kids are such louts. Their own parents never got to grow up and stop behaving like kids, so what hope do they have as they don't have decent parental influences, but that's no excuse for the other group that's been mentioned.. The ones who have everything handed to them on a plate and still go around as if the world owes them them something, the world does actually, and it's a good hard kick up the backside XD Another reason is that it's a sad fact that for a certain age group, acting like a complete dick is seen as 'cool' :? Especially for boys. The more of a total jerk you are, the cooler that makes you. Until someone does something REALLY dumb and ends up dead ._. And your avarage annoying teen doesn't realise how much of a 'tard they're being until they age by just a few years. As a few of you have already mentioned.. It tends to hit you like a brick wall then..OMG..I used to behave like that and think I was sooooo cool, now I just want to get hold of that kid and bounce his head off the pavement.. Such is life! |
Those kind of people need to get in jail for a couple of months and have their school. Because it seriously give bad ideas to others D<
People can't play like the old days. Where it a simple playfully joke was enough to people laugh and not get mad. Now? They get incredibly pathetic with lack of good ideas and just do those idiotic actions just becaouse they think it's fun. o.O; And the parents normally don't have the best attitudes in the general. Therefor the kids get influence by there parents and then they just are what they are and do what they do >-< |
Well, there will always be the good and the bad. In this case the good and the bad kiddies. Every kid has to be bad when they are growing up, it is how they learn, but they don't learn from breaking windows and stealing change, that is something they got from their parents, or maybe others got them into it. [ Like friends for example ]
So yeah, you have to burn the hand so they can learn not to touch the fire, but if you kick the stove, the kid will do the same. You arn't getting old, I had that kind of attitude toward kids like that ever since I was 7. [ 14 now lol ] Maybe those kids sence of direction toward who deserves respect is totally screwed up or something. I dunno, but there really isn't anything you can do about it, just if you have kids, don't let them turn into that. |
Don't worry... I feel the same way, and I'm only seventeen. -__- Much of my generation is self-absorbed and rude. Kids these days either think being rebellious and bad makes them cool, or they go the completely opposite direction -- acting so fucking righteous like they know everything and regard anyone who smokes or drinks, for example, as stupid and below them. :roll: I can understand why the kids in the ghetto are less than polite, growing up in that kind of negligent and fend-for-yourself environment, but everyone else has no excuse.
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it just that you know, these days being yelled by adult or get into trouble make teens think its a cool and awesome act xD i still remember i liked to make my teacher angry at me for not doing homework. Though i finished that in a matter of five minute in class xD |
A few people mentioned... yeah, I know not all teenagers are like that. And even the ones that are... that's just how people act at that age, they experiment with rebellion. To put it very generally, I think that... until you get out of high school, there's this big disconnect with reality, you know? And even into university, a lot of people haven't been given enough independence to develop a realistic view on life - one day, you're going to grow up. You're going to have to pay your taxes and your rent, find a job, maybe even get married and have kids of your own. You're going to realise how ridiculous your hair looked. xD; And that nobody takes teenage rebels seriously unless they have a legitimate cause. (This isn't to say that you shouldn't protest things you don't think are right as long as you take the time to look into the issue appropriately... I agree with activism for the sake of change or reform, but not activism for the sake of rebellion.) Once you start coming to terms with what life is really like, it's easier to see things from someone else's point of view, I think. |
Not that I am saying people should beat their kids, but I find that the people who as kids had the ever loving snot smacked out of them every once in a while had enough sense to mind their Please and Thank-yous.
These kids need discipline, and they need to know that their actions have consequences. They can say what they want, do what they want, and take what they want and thier parents do not expect anything in return. The worst part is that these kids are angry and they do not know why. The reason of course is that to their parent they are just possessions. Like pets they can spoil and ignore. Kids like that want discipline, they want to get in trouble, and they want their parents to care enough to punish them. Of course they themselves do not realize this, so if someone were to retaliate they would only meet it with aggression. Ack, I am rambling. D: |
I don't think it's so much about generations at all. I dislike most Junior High and High School aged kids that I encounter on the streets, and I hated them all when I was that age, too.
I think it has something to do with the "pulling away" process caused by the teenage hormones. Every kid goes through it, but some rebel a lot harder than others do. Some kids lash out by stealing, some sneak out in the middle of the night, some draw instead of paying attention in class, some become promiscuous, some do drugs, some vandalize things, some have any various combinations thereof, and there are some other ways it can manifest as well. The good news is that those kids will grow up someday. Most of them will grow out of that phase, and look back with regrets about how they acted when they were younger. |
I think you have a really valid point in saying that teenagers are out of touch with reality.
You really don't understand until you're older and you don't have your health care paid for you. When you realize you've got to pay for gas, and living space, clothing, food, utilities, college, ect and you can't even afford luxuries that you took for granted like the internet. At one point, I pretty much lived off of potato chips and water while I was away at college and I still wasn't that bad off because I didn't need to worry about where I was living. When you realize there aren't a whole lot of jobs for psychiatrists, artists, journalists, English majors, or any number of other college professions and you're four years in the hole. I always wanted to be an artist when I was younger and I realized going in that it really wasn't realistic. I couldn't afford to go to school for four years looking for a career in the fine arts. I also think we coddle our children. If you look at the generation that went into WWI, WWII, ect they were all raised by parents who would give them a swift smack in the ass if they stepped out of line. My grandparents grew up in the depression and knew what it was like not to have food, gran could shop for two people's groceries for a week on $30.00. Who's generation is more responsible? But you can't discipline your children now without being called abusive. Children grow up with this attitude that their parents are infringing on their rights/civil liberties if they ground them from the internet or don't let them have the run of the house. It's ridiculous. I'm also disgusted at the amount of teen pregnancies. I transfered to a high school where it was almost a status symbol to have a child. They didn't have any elective classes that I hadn't already taken so they wanted to put me in a class with pregnant girls even though I wasn't pregnant. They suggested that I could hold the door for them when I went to the clinic. Like I would be willing to be the doorman for girls who wanted to get pregnant at sixteen. I'm not insinuating that all of them were like that I'm sure there were accidents but I mean... the school had to have a class there were so many of them! >.< They finally said they couldn't let me take the class because I wasn't pregnant and the state required that the girls must be pregnant to enroll. (DUH) |
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