A rare and rapidly dying breed.....teens are no longer this way.....
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Honestly speaking, blame the media and the parents but it's never truly our parents fault. The times are different than what they were 10-15 years ago, society changed. I don't know if I can speak for all young adults, seeing as I'm only 18, but I have noticed an increase of teenagers who want to copy what the media has to offer.
They see their famous singer going to jail for smoking pot and they automatically believe that it's awesome. Shows like "16 and pregnant" or "Jersey shore" and "The guy code" only increase in what you're arguing about. I like the guy code, do I copy what they do or take to heart their "advice" when it comes to women or other things? No.
Feed the youngsters the wrong information = They will become that information.
There was another show called "Awkward" my stepsister was watching it on the living-room a few months ago. I sat next to hair to wait until her show was over so I could connect my PS3 and play, I almost wish I hadn't. As I sat there, watching this show that portrayed a 15 year old girl, who was in love with a guy who already had a girl. That's not so bad right? well, it's not but it gets worse because somehow the girl tells him and they end up having ***, after that all she could think was *** and him and ***, ***, ***. It was ridiculous the strong appeal and message that this show was radiating to girls or boys who happen to watch the show. I did ask my stepsister why she was watching that garbage, she just said it was 'fun' (I almost felt like telling her mother to forbid her to watch it) that's how bad I thought the show was.
While, I do believe that we must go out there and experience life for ourselves, without the help of our parents so we can mature into better adults. I do feel like the majority of the kids who do this, end up in the wrong track, often associating with the wrong crowd of people and learn their bad habits. My own personal views are: Treat everyone equally, be a girl, boy, straight, gay, frog, pie- etc.. Open the door if you see someone is about to walk in and you're right next to the door, keep it open if someone is walking behind you, help the elders if there carrying too much and looks heavy, let people borrow something if they need it, be polite etc..
It also depends on who the person is, maybe it's wrong to treat those who 'deserve' to be given the cold shoulder in a bad way, but I'm honest to them. I will frankly tell them, that I'm not happy with their behavior towards others, so why should I have any compassion when they need help. People abuse your kindness, I had that happened to me quite a few times, it's utterly disgusting. There's also adults who tend to treat all teens alike and believe there all rude, aggressive thus when they speak to you, they will treat you with disrespect, which does annoy me because it shows me that they don't care to actually know you before judging you.
My mother has always been the type of woman who believes you should be humble towards everything. I still don't understand that quite well, but it doesn't bother me that much because I'm learning. I can speak for myself, when I say that my mother knows she can trust me 100% I haven't done anything to break that trust. I know to others it might not matter if their mother can or cant, but I find it honorable, that she can give me freedom base on that. Of course, I don't abuse that. I stay away from trouble, I don't smoke or drink, I tell her where I'm at, she knows my friends and so on. I have even offer her to tag along, but she always says that she doesn't want to embarrass me in front of my friends (xd ) It's incredible that I learned to be this way on my own, given that I grew up alone for most of my childhood and didn't have both my parents with me, even now I only have my mother and stepmother (yes, I have two parents of the same *** and I'm not ashamed to admit that). I guess it help me mature a bit faster and see the world different, but it's not always the case with others with my similar case. It just comes down to the type of person they are as well.
They see their famous singer going to jail for smoking pot and they automatically believe that it's awesome. Shows like "16 and pregnant" or "Jersey shore" and "The guy code" only increase in what you're arguing about. I like the guy code, do I copy what they do or take to heart their "advice" when it comes to women or other things? No.
Feed the youngsters the wrong information = They will become that information.
There was another show called "Awkward" my stepsister was watching it on the living-room a few months ago. I sat next to hair to wait until her show was over so I could connect my PS3 and play, I almost wish I hadn't. As I sat there, watching this show that portrayed a 15 year old girl, who was in love with a guy who already had a girl. That's not so bad right? well, it's not but it gets worse because somehow the girl tells him and they end up having ***, after that all she could think was *** and him and ***, ***, ***. It was ridiculous the strong appeal and message that this show was radiating to girls or boys who happen to watch the show. I did ask my stepsister why she was watching that garbage, she just said it was 'fun' (I almost felt like telling her mother to forbid her to watch it) that's how bad I thought the show was.
While, I do believe that we must go out there and experience life for ourselves, without the help of our parents so we can mature into better adults. I do feel like the majority of the kids who do this, end up in the wrong track, often associating with the wrong crowd of people and learn their bad habits. My own personal views are: Treat everyone equally, be a girl, boy, straight, gay, frog, pie- etc.. Open the door if you see someone is about to walk in and you're right next to the door, keep it open if someone is walking behind you, help the elders if there carrying too much and looks heavy, let people borrow something if they need it, be polite etc..
It also depends on who the person is, maybe it's wrong to treat those who 'deserve' to be given the cold shoulder in a bad way, but I'm honest to them. I will frankly tell them, that I'm not happy with their behavior towards others, so why should I have any compassion when they need help. People abuse your kindness, I had that happened to me quite a few times, it's utterly disgusting. There's also adults who tend to treat all teens alike and believe there all rude, aggressive thus when they speak to you, they will treat you with disrespect, which does annoy me because it shows me that they don't care to actually know you before judging you.
My mother has always been the type of woman who believes you should be humble towards everything. I still don't understand that quite well, but it doesn't bother me that much because I'm learning. I can speak for myself, when I say that my mother knows she can trust me 100% I haven't done anything to break that trust. I know to others it might not matter if their mother can or cant, but I find it honorable, that she can give me freedom base on that. Of course, I don't abuse that. I stay away from trouble, I don't smoke or drink, I tell her where I'm at, she knows my friends and so on. I have even offer her to tag along, but she always says that she doesn't want to embarrass me in front of my friends (xd ) It's incredible that I learned to be this way on my own, given that I grew up alone for most of my childhood and didn't have both my parents with me, even now I only have my mother and stepmother (yes, I have two parents of the same *** and I'm not ashamed to admit that). I guess it help me mature a bit faster and see the world different, but it's not always the case with others with my similar case. It just comes down to the type of person they are as well.
You could always forget those who don't appreciate your kindness. I had that happen, I'll open the door for people and only a few say thank you.