Yes I am a Teenager, but please don't look at this as if I am a disgruntled teen or anything such as that. I would just like to know why we, Teenagers, are attacked because of our age. I know we have our misstakes and what not, but we must learn just as you adults had to growing up. Yet if anyone would take the time to sit down even with the most dissruptive, angry, and outbroken Teen they would surprised to see how much we truly do know. I guess the main thig I am asking here is why do adults look down on us because of our age?
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UnfairVoted for by VitreousSoul.
I personaly don't see how it is fair for adults to class/case us as hoodlems, little punks, ect. Just because we are comming up in a harder world and must learn lifes lessons in harder ways we are the bad guys? All we are doing is learning just as the adults did. And why is our age thrown into our faces every time we stand up for what we believe in, or ask a question you can't answer? You wonder why we outburst so much, it's beacuse adults as a whole don't give us the time of day to say what we have to say. Or get the answers we wish to gain. How can you justify telling a teen they are too young to understand? I know some of lifes lessons you only get with age, but most of the time when we are told we are too young or we have no idea what we are talking about it is to a statement or a question we have/want the answers to and the answers can be given.
To any adults that read this topic please post your side of the story. I would like to hear it. And if you have ever said 'Your too young' to someone think about why you truly said it to them.. Was it because they were to young or beacase you couldn't see how they could comprehend a topic such as the one you all were talking about.
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Try This...Voted for by Wisteria.
Maybe you are too young to understand. Maybe that adult that said that to you was too, at one point, too young to understand.. and knows that there are certain things that teenagers shouldnt have to worry about. Instead we should be out.. Enjoying life.. Enjoying our Youth and not be trying to grow up so quickly. Teenagers Today do face different problems than our parents faced when they were teens - but you have to understand that just because the problem is different and may seem worse, the problems they faced also seemed different and worse than what THEIR parents faced as teens, but that doesnt make it so. Emotions are Emotions. We just have to try to see things for another perspective and not be so quick to jump to the ageist conclusion. I am only 18, so don't think Im just another "adult judging you" because I used to feel how you feel.. Ive just learned to change perspectives. blessed Be
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A "Teenage" PerspectiveVoted for by Life-Unknown.
It is easy for someone to say i have lived longer and had more experience then you because of your age, as well as classify a group instead of getting to know the individual. Its also easy for some one to attack the age group of teenagers because this is an age of huge change, in the sense of: - age its self and the closing fact the becoming an adult is within are sight - the huge flux of chemical changes and reactions in our bodies - teenage years are years where we experience are most growth by experience, are need to "learn how to learn" this is where are most mistakes are made....
Now on the note i feel that if society didnt have such a hard-on for judging teenagers i feel there would be less need for rebelion for we would be encouraged to grow to learn, we wouldnt feel so pressured when we make a mistake or screw up or whatever. That there would be a faster growth of maturity and social kindness I feel that “teenagers” would finally start being seen as young adults.
Yes im an teenager myself, and thought a lot of stupid shit is caused by my age group I think a lot of this behavior has been the result of the structure of society, though we to have to take some responsibility I do not consider it to be completely our doing. One main thought I have to state this, is look at how this “teenage” like behavior is tracing down into younger and younger ages. This is from the effects of our society today and how many things have been lost in the past.
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Well...Voted for by ThisEndUp.
Adults each have their own expectations. They expect teenagers to make wiser decisions. And when teenagers fail to do so, adults will tell them they were wrong so that the teenagers will hopefully not make that mistake again.
Also, due to younger age, teenagers truly are less experienced than adults. Of course, they will sometimes think they are right, or that they know a lot, but adults don't think you guys don't know ANYTHING... It's just, we know you know less about life, than someone who has gone through more of it. Teenagers need to look at the other side of things (This doesn't apply to all of 'em, don't get me wrong. Hah.), and realize their faults.
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