why do teenagers think they have the correct answer to everything?

Answer 1

i'm a teenager, and i have no clue except for i sometimes just want to be right.

Answer 2

Teenagers believe they have the answer because they only know the basic question. They don't include wisdom, experience, background information, friends and families opinions. I was thick with teenagers who had the answers so I let them fall on their faces. It is amazing how smart I got when they got to be in their 20s. However, I found that when their original answer was wrong and they were dumbfounded by this revelation, I got a chance to plant seeds of wisdom. Eventually, they would wait to see if I had any seeds to plant before they chose their path. But the fact is its all a growing up process. It is their first attempts, to be adults and make adult judgements and decisions. Right now you are there to help them when they fall. So let them make some mistakes they will appreciate you more in the end. Good luck.

Answer 3

Because teenagers are growing into young adults and want to make their own decisions. It's not a negative thing as long as they have the right thought process to get to answer they come up with and they aren't just trying to do the opposite of what they are told. You should encourage the right thinking process to contribute to them growing up with an open mind and to help them make good decisions.

Teenagers are belittled so much - that's why they are so stubborn. Look at half the answers you got to this question about how teens know nothing. *That's really encouraging to them to tell them that. /sarcasm

Answer 4

Part of being a teenager. My son is 7 and already thinks he knows everything. LOL

Answer 5

They just got out of the "childhood" stage, where they knew that they knew nothing. Now they're teenagers who come and go more without Mom and Dad (as they should to grow up), and they see things that their parents dont. So they think that they KNOW more - when in reality, theyre just seeing today's version of it.

Like my mom already knew that one of my friends was going to be a young mother... I was in middle school when she told me that about that particular friend. Neither one of us brought it up again. 6 years later - the girl was a new mom, and everybody was shocked but my own mother. "Mom, how did you knowww??"

You have to have life experience to see how the world really runs. Teenagers have about 0.000001%, but to them, its more than the flat zero they had as kids.

Answer 6

Its just a stage in there life where they think they know everything about the world. They have yet to experience reality so its a kind of skewed fantasy of what they think life will be.

Its just being young and inexperienced

Answer 7

They are proud. I have a teen now. !3 yrs old. He is smart. But sometimes he doesnt want to admit that he is wrong, even when all the facts are presented. I think it is pride. They feel they know so much now. Especially if they have younger siblings, and they like to teach them things. they can start to get puffed up.

Answer 8

Has it been so long for you? I am 42 and still know how I was as a teen. It's a process. Give them credit for having a brain and talk to them accordingly. If they want to be treated as adults, they should act like it. They can't act like it if no one gives them a chance. Parents have it hard, but you can survive and your teens can survive and even become wonderful adults.

Answer 9

Maybe teenagers really do know everything, but just forget parts of it as they grow older.

Answer 10

confidence

Answer 11

i dont know but i sure hate to see mine becoming a teenager. all i can say is i have 5 more years till he is 18. im almost there!