Deef said:
Adults generally don't like teenagers because they can't relate. They attempt to compare what teenagers should and shouldn't be doing with their own (and probably distorted) memories of their teenage years. Most (not all though) adults just don't seem to be able to comprehend that being a teenager now is different than being a teenager then, so they dislike us.
Hmm I have a bit of a different take.
See the I grew up with Metalica and Nintendo and so did the kid. My high school days were at the start of the school shootings...
When I was "coming of age" I noticed this. My parents seemed to fall into a pit of not wanting me to grow up, be taught about sex at school nor did they want to come forward and teach me.
As much as being a Roman Catholic (Forced like most other kid at the end of a belt) to be told the invisible man in the sky doesn't want me to do what nature is pretty much forcing my body to was a load of crap.
I broke off from that mistake and taught my kid straight up. Body is changing, what is sex. Told them, why should I practice safe sex. Showed my little girl a live birth (the one with the most screaming) Showed my boy cauliflower dick pictures on why you use a condome and what STD's are. Thank your internet.
Why shouldn't you use illegal drugs. Screw the moron goverment rapping, cartoon dog things, Here ya go... pictures of burn outs who used meth... yep that 50 year old looking freak is accually 22. Heroin, well thats closer to home, when my mom died my dad had a girl friend who shot up got a flesh eatting bactiera... showed those pics and the story of tired tuesday, hospital friday, surgery Saturday, dead Sunday. Body so bloated they could stitch her back up.
Drinking and driving...here your pictures. Get busted I'm not bailing you out and they all ruined their lives.
Why do they do these things dad? Because when this kids dad and mom were teens... their folks were to chicken shit to tell them what they experienced...what they needed to know. Backed down and babbled about faith and a god (god helps thoses who help themselves, in others words go out and get the food, gods not making you a cheese burger douche, get the job, buy the groceries, cook the meal. YOU Make it happen. That God provied thing means its out there but not handed to you ya goob)
So they ***** if someone tells kids about sex, they ***** if schools don't do it, they hand a boy something that looks like a cows skull and say its a utterous then say "Don't have sex." When its against the natural animal instinct and then watch them fail and talk about values.
Yeah, congrats. It's about whining about marriage, Darwinisim, not being Monkies, well we are Humans and we are still animials, and still part of nature.
And your parents are trying to mimic what their parents did. They got no help... so they gave you what they got... crap. They expect to be listened to without fail, like the church and god? -Epic Fail- And they repeat the past failure.
I for one broke away from that. My kids went in to the teen armed with real life knowledge, hell my daughter was a bit freaked. And to this day no STD's no busts and no teen babies.
I chalk one up to honesty and having a brain in my head. And not having faith that keeping a kid ignorant will see me and them through...
On the other hand. I don't think a teen/kid is STUPID. I don't believe you can't think for yourselfs because your not X years old, a video game made me commit a crime, I saw it on a movie, my invisible friend broke it BS teen criminals feed the media when they steal a car and blame GTA 4 to try and duck out of a jail sentence. Like some sicko murdering 14 people then blaming DND... yeah right.
You think as a kid/teen I didn't blame anything thing but myself for a period of time to cover my own ass?
Least till I learned how amazing lame it was and no one bought it...
Deef said:
Adults generally don't like teenagers because they can't relate. They attempt to compare what teenagers should and shouldn't be doing with their own (and probably distorted) memories of their teenage years. Most (not all though) adults just don't seem to be able to comprehend that being a teenager now is different than being a teenager then, so they dislike us.