Have adults forgotton how it was to be a teenager?

Question

I have to do a survey for extra credit but the question is why do adults tell teenagers oh don't do drugs etc. their child will listen to them? How come when a parent was say, 16, they experimented with drugs and alcohol, yet the child is not allowed to because it is bad? I need as many answers i can get by Tuesday
Thanks

Answer 1

They want better for their child than they did for themselves. They learned a lesson and prefer that their child skip over the bad part and just know from the parents' experience. I did somethings that I regret, but that doesn't mean I should allow my daughter to do them, just to have the experience of doing those awful things.

Answer 2

I think that parents remember what it was like when they were teenagers. They remember the stupid things they did. Wether it be drinking, drugs, being in love for the first time, etc. nobody forgets that. I think parents remember some of the bad decisions that we made as teenagers and it is pure instinct to want to save our children from the same heart ache that we went through because of those decisions. Of course, we never listened to adults then either. I think that most teenagers believe that they are invincible and that's a stage of growing up. Adults try to point out that bad things can happen, but, the teenager is unwilling to believe that it will happen to them. It's part of life.

Answer 3

Yes, (sigh) I remember how it was to be a teenager. I could do it all and not get into trouble.....so I thought. Then at 16 I got pregnant. It would never happen to me!!!!! Now I'm 30 and have a 13 yr. old son. The things I did it should have killed me. Driving drunk experiencing with different drugs I did it all. I look back and think of all the different times I should have gotten caught. I don't want my son to do the things that I did. I want him to have a better life. A cleaner life. I KNOW that he will do stupid things....BUT I want him to call me to come and get him when he's been drinking. I've talked with him about it a million and one times and I really think he understands. I hope at least. Us parents LOVE their child/children soooooo much that we can't imagine something happenign to one of them. We would do anything to protect them. At 16 you don't really think about stuff like that well at least I didn't. My parents always said you are who you hang out with. I just rolled my eyes. Now I think about it and oh my goodness they were so right. Now I would never admit it to them!!!! Maybe I'm still a little stubborn!! Enjoy being a kid...boy does it get tough having to be a responsible adult.

Good luck on your extra credit maybe you should talk to my son get him to do some extra credit!!!!

Answer 4

I'm a week away from being 39 but let me tell you honestly that I haven't forgotten what it was like to be a teenager. You couldn't pay me to go back in time to be one again!

Adults tell their children not to do drugs, drink, have unprotected sex, etc. because we want better for them. I know that I put my own mother thru hell and back when I was a teenager and how the woman has managed to get to where she is today without some sort of heart condition is beyond me.

I'm a mother now myself and I'd like to think that I'm all prepared for the teen years (of course, I may kidding myself lol). I know how I was and my son won't get away with squat. I think if you're open with your children and show them what experimenting with drugs can do to a person, or what happens when you have unprotected sex, etc, hopefully their eyes will open a little more.

Answer 5

If adults told teenagers it was OK to do drugs, then it would be because drugs always were good to do. Unfortunately, if you do drugs, you see some pretty bad things. It is just true. I'm an adult and I've seen, under the best circumstances: bad trips, a person's brain destroyed by amphetamines, people who can't relax without pot, someone who can't stop doing cocaine. All very nice people - good friends - who had really bad things develop in their lives because they did drugs. It's extremely hard to control. Some wonderful sweet people just had their lives shot to hell because of drug use and I couldn't do a thing to help.

Answer 6

Parents have age, maturity and experience behind them when they make those grandiose statements. Yes, they may have done drugs but they also realize in their later years how lucky they were not to have developed alcohol and drug depencies issues, DWI's on their record or unwanted pregnancies. They are motivated by love and parenthood to protect their children from such outcomes. And, drugs back then were nothing like the drugs today which are stronger, newer compounds, and usually laced with extras.

Answer 7

Because they learned that it was a stupid thing to do, and are trying to keep their kids from making the same mistake. My parents did a good job of it, and I've never used drugs or smoked. They just did a great job of relating the consequences. I think if more parents did that, we'd have a lot fewer problems today with kids making the same dumb mistakes their parents did.

Answer 8

The reason why adults get all bent out of shape...... the reason they nag their kids to not do drugs, nor drink, nor smoke.....the reason why they won't let kids go to nonchaperoned parties.....etc, etc,

Parents have NOT forgotten how it is to be a teenager. They remember all too well, and they're trying hard to keep their kids away from the possible dangers.

Answer 9

most likely if theyre making it a point telling you not to do it then theres a reason. im about to be a mom, and i've never experimented with any drugs, and ive never even been drunk!and i still plan on telling my daughter that drugs are very bad for her and that if anyone ever asks her to do them just to say no. ive said no plenty of times and its a lot easier than all the kids say it is. so, parents havent forgotten what its like to be a teenager, theyre just trying to look out for their child. duh!

Answer 10

I never did drugs but if I had, I would tell my child that I did try the drug and if I had bad experiences as a result, along with the legal and moral effects that drug using carries.