2006-09-25 16:37:04 · 9 answers · asked by kathy 2 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Yes they are.
I think they are due to all the materialistic crap that we see all around us. On T.V, Magazines, Music, etc...
I dont blame it all on those things, I blame it mostly on the parents. If the parents wouldnt give into their every cry or whine...they wouldnt be as bad as they are now.
BUT
I have also learned that teenagers are not the only ones who are materialistic..Even little kids are getting bad...clothing, toys, and such.
As my favorite radio talk show host would call them "prostitots"
2006-09-25 16:47:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, I do not think teenagers are any more materialistic today than I was as a teenager in 1959.
I do believe that today's teenagers, and the parents of today's teenagers, are seduced, through marketing manipulations, to accept and endorse "materialism".
A parent today who does not provide his/her child with a cell phone, 24-hour computer access, or a car if he/she is of licensible age, is an ogre. Parents have empowered their children to become what they have become.
2006-09-25 17:52:16 · answer #2 · answered by Baby Poots 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Teenagers are emotional & Sentimental
If you say that they have turned as Materialistic nowadays means
it is a good sign of progress.
Those bad failures& Betrayals might made them more practical.
Any way My best wishes for those youth who can think practically.
V C Malarmannan
mannan_malar@yahoo.co.in
2006-09-25 20:01:58 · answer #3 · answered by mannan_malar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think alot of teenagers are materialistic theses days. Some are some arent
2006-09-25 16:46:48 · answer #4 · answered by criddlekellie 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is the environment we live in, that's what makes us.
If we live in society which is wholly materialist then of course children will be of the same nature.
2006-09-25 20:18:23 · answer #5 · answered by Mani G.India 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who is responsible for this?. A decade before people did not have much choice apart from jewellery and basic needs. The media, internet and mobile phone has changed everything.
2006-09-25 16:59:52 · answer #6 · answered by indiananytime 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, only cause the parent's r the ones paying for the material things!!! If they had to buy for themselves, then they would just eat junk food and not worry about material things!
2006-09-25 17:16:46 · answer #7 · answered by kay w 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it has alot to do with what we see on t.v, in magazines, etc it makes us want to have and live an expensive life style, its not just teenagers its adults too.
2006-09-25 16:46:10 · answer #8 · answered by AQ_shortie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes because of what we see on tv,on magazine,and mostly we want what celebrity have so we copy them,try to be just like them
2006-09-25 17:28:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋