I blame television.
2007-01-10 03:59:00 · 10 answers · asked by Austrian Theorist 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I say it's following the groups' decision, or just being young and still deciding on their opinions.
2007-01-10 04:07:32 · answer #1 · answered by Teresa 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am thinking you do not know too many children or have never been a parent. Or.. you were never a child yourself? Every human has a mind of its own, it is up to the parents to encourage and nourish it to grow. Every time you see a toddler having a fit, he is showing he has a mind of his own, even if it might be for something misguided like the right to run into traffic. But as they age, there is a strong urge to conform, to be "different" from the generation that went before them. It helps them form a generational identity that will carry them through life. This changes with each individual as they continue to mature to adulthood. Hopefully, if their nurturing was good, they will still have a mind of their own by the time the educational system and media are done with them!
2007-01-10 12:27:01 · answer #2 · answered by Noor al Haqiqa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK I explained this once but here it goes again........
Paris Hilton, Brittney Spears, T.O., Lindsey Lohan, Trump, NBA players, Fox News, MTV, VH1, The Chapelle show, Anna Nicole Smith, Nicole Ritchie, Brad&agelina, Madonna, George Bush, Bad and historically inaccurate movie remakes, Bad musical remakes, Grand Theft Auto, Halo & other pointless violent video games, endless news stories about chopped up pretty white &missing women, U.S. foreign policy...all of it not just Iraq, U.S. border policy, Snoop Dogg, Subliminal advertisements telling kids to go out buy 1000.00 flat screen TV's, Guys who own 7 and 8 pit bulls, etc etc etc... I could keep going.
2007-01-10 12:19:03 · answer #3 · answered by huckleberry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WE DO!!!!! In fact, when my parents were going through a divorce, my brother, mother and I had a little joke. We thought it was actually rather amusing that my dad would try to force us to do his will...as if we didn't have minds of our own. Furthermore, when we tried to tell him our views, he would immediately dismiss us as repeating what our mother had said...which was NOT true! Now, my father has given up his parental rights, and he hasn't called us. Even more, we haven't called him...because he alienated HIMSELF against us!
I would strongly suggest that you think long and hard about what you just asked...unless you want to turn out like my father.
2007-01-10 12:17:17 · answer #4 · answered by Shelby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do.
It's just in a constant state of transition. Absorbing everything good and bad, top that off with hormones, acne, and social pressures and you wonder "how do they manage"
I don't blame TV, just the person who pays for the electricity and the cable bills.
2007-01-10 12:06:38 · answer #5 · answered by Pat B 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the kids do but they don't have enough facts and experience stored up there to call on to form there own view .
not all the time but in general
2007-01-10 12:23:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have kids? I do & they all have a mind of their own
2007-01-10 12:02:55 · answer #7 · answered by gitsliveon24 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
ask one they well have a lot on there mind
2007-01-10 12:03:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Excuse me?
Do you know any children?
2007-01-10 12:09:11 · answer #9 · answered by ghds 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there not developed yet... derrrr
2007-01-10 12:02:33 · answer #10 · answered by JennyBenny618 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋