2007-05-02 05:21:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Very interesting question !!
I'm in my early 40's (with two teen children)... I don't think I'd LIKE to be a teen again.
I just can't wrap my head around the idea of being a teen with cell-phone, text-messaging, digital cams... and the lack of discipline, responsibility, and respect I see in MANY other local teens.
GAWD knows I get a RATION of grief from my daughters because I DON'T permit them the level of freedom regarding such toys... "BUT DADDY... EVERY OTHER 12 YR OLD has a RAZOR with unlimited text !!!" "BUT DADDY !! ALL the OTHER 15 yr old girls don't have a CURFEW... MUCH less a curfew of 10PM on a FRIDAY !!"
Though I WOULD like to do high-school research projects with the wonderful tools of the internet and computer-word-processing !!
I grew up without a phone (of my own) until 17... no computer (sharing an IBM Selectric typewriter)... researching out of Time-Life books, National Geographic magazine, and the Library. And goodness knows that "porn" was virtually unavailable !!
Again... interesting question
2007-05-02 05:41:27 · answer #1 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a 30-something mother of two teenage boys, I can honestly say that you couldn't pay me to be part of today's teenage scene! When I was a teenager, getting my homework done and passing high school was enough. Then you've got the raging hormones that turns even the slightest inconveniences into major life altering catastrophies. Plus, there's that whole "I know everything" mentality that rears it's ugly head right before they do something brilliant like putting aluminum foil in the microwave. Now on top of all of that, they've got the added worries of which over-the-top social misfit is possibly going to go postal, all the added anxiety that 9-11's events and our leaders have sparked...hell, I'm doing good to deal with these as an adult! No thanks...
2007-05-02 13:00:21 · answer #2 · answered by Kris879 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
WOW, that's a good question. I think it might be a little easier. Kids are pretty spoiled these days. On the flip side, i think their life as adults is going to be harder because they are taught so little discipline and responsibility.
Basically, if i could STAY a teenager of today, I'd do that, but I'd much prefer the adulthood I'm in now, than what I think today's teenagers are facing.
2007-05-02 12:30:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh heck no! its getting worse constantly. i was a teenager just a whiel ago ( i´m 21 now), and i know that teh teenagers of now, have it even harder than i did, and i suffered immensely. they all hold jobs and think they need to buy cars and peer pressure as always can get anyone down. be a teenager again? dont kid me.
2007-05-02 12:34:04 · answer #4 · answered by lonesome me 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i rather be myself and fix whatever problem i think i have.
2007-05-02 16:41:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋