teenagers?do adults relii understand us?

Question

if any of u have a teenager daughter or son and u think that there never in troublee! then think again im 15 every single teenager i no drinks!not so many smoke! a majority take drugss butt the thing is with alcohol ots different parents say u have ur whole life aheads of u 2 do dat! but if u think bout it noo something cud happen 2moro! we all like 2 live life to the full as teenage years r spose to be the best of ur life! ehh i bet if all u lot were young u wud do the same thing! lovez xx

Answer 1

all parents of teenagers have been teenagers.

very few teenagers have been parents

Answer 2

Hey

I'm a teenager (16) and I'd like to say this this is NOT true of the majority of teenagers. Yes, I do drink... but not exessively. The thing so many kids don't seem to understand is that you don't actually have to be pissed out of your mind to enjoy yourself!

Also, the whole drinking/smoking/drugs thing is a stage that usually passes by the time most people are 16 or 17 and they realise that they have exams to pass and that won't happen if they're high all year.

There's so much I could say on this subject! But I'll stop here. One more thing - remember that all parents were once teenagers themselves! Some of the stories my parents have told me are far worse than anything anyone I know has ever done!

Answer 3

im 14 and i dont think adults understand us, because say we go out and get drunk, smoke, take drugs, have sex whatever. There the first ones to judge us (not all just my opinion) when most adults forget they was a teenager once, and most proberly did wrong some time.

And your right anything could happen, arnt we ment to live life to the full? There's hardly any things for teenagers to do where i live, therefore we have to make fun for our selfs, eg: getting drunk lol!!. What do our parents want us to do? sit at home all the time, and die a loney and sad person?

But i do realise that adults (parents) are only looking out for us, doing drugs and stuff can lead to dangerous things. That we nor them want to happen! Adults have been there and done that so they no from experiance the things that can happen (:

It works both ways really. Youve got to look at it from different points of view. Which is hard when your a teenager and just want to have fun 24/7.

Answer 4

well im a teenageer to an honestly youre right about living like theres no tomorow but some things like smoking and drugs can REALLY make it like theres no tomorow. I mean youre right you should live life to the fullest but parenst and adults are looking out for us. Making sure that we will have a tomorow a day afetr that and make it through our lives. There parents did the same and you will too. Its a cycle and if u appreciate what they do it for youll never have a problam. Theyve lived as tennagers probably waaayy different than us but theyve learned the same life lessons we have and will and were trusted the same way. Told the same things and well they were us a long long time ago. Maybe they dont understand the diffrent ways we think but they know what its liked to be pressured, yelled at, not trusted. But if you give um a chance they can really really help you

Answer 5

First of all, to be an adult you have to go through adolescents. We were kids once too. Secondly, you DO have your whole life to live. And true, something could happen tomorrow. But why spend today experimenting with drugs and alcohol? Do something productive. Living your life to the fullest is NOT about doing drugs and drinking. It is about experimenting the richer things in life; travel (yes you can even as a child- through school programs), volunteer in your community, take karate.
I understand wanting to rebel is something fun and interesting, all adults went through it in some way, shape or form. And you know what??....their parents gave them the same advice. It is part of growing up. Drinking and drugs is just a phase that doesn't get you anywhere or give you anything out of life. You wont understand this now, because you are going through adolescents. But believe me....you will be giving your kids the same speech!!! And guess what....your kids are going to tell you that you don't know what you are talking about. Your parents know what you are going to do before you even do it....WHY??? Because THEY DID IT!
It is a part of life...............

Answer 6

There is nothing new under the sun. I have 31 yrs old, my children are not teenagers yet. however when I was a teenage my mom preached the same thing to me. This is a never ending saga. As teenagers we only thought about having fun and living for the moment. As Parents its about live the moment for the future. I know you feel like your in the prime of your life, but honey I assure you I have just started living. I'm willing to bet you money that you willl be preaching the same song and dance to your kids, if you live that long and are blessed to have kids.
Just take heed to...Parents don't get older(gray hair) for nothing...its wisdom

Answer 7

I agree with some of the other answers concentrate on school and learn spelling and grammar, you may get on better in life . Don't kid yourself about adults we understand a lot more than you think. We did not all do the things you mention as we were taught self respect and lived by it and in my opinion a lot of teenagers need some self respect and better moral standards I have a 15 year old and he is not like what you describe, I am glad to say.

Answer 8

Get to know me then, I'm a teenager, I've never smoked, never drinked or taken drugs and HELL I DON'T PLAN TO. I'm still a virgin, and would probably still be even if I wasn't single because I know better than to go around sleeping with people just for the sake of it. And you know what despite all this, my life couldn't really be better right now.Tomorrow I get my GCSE grades and I will be going to college soon, and thats about enough excitement to last me until Halloween!

And here's the thing, adults WERE young, you're not unluckily born aged.

One more thing, try to limit the amount of exclamation marks you use, 7 of these (!) are not needed to make your point....your punctuation needs to be reviewed if you wanna pass your exams.

Answer 9

All parents have been teenagers at one point. We know better than anyone what it is like to be a teenager and we know the kinds of things teenagers get themselves into. The key is talking to your kids to get them to make the best choices for them. If a parent constantly tells their child "DO NOT DRINK, DO NOT SMOKE" then the child is going to want to do those things just to "be cool" or "have fun" or "rebel against their parents" Teens need to know the affects of drinking and smoking and make their own choice. If you are going to drink, do it responsibly... if you are going to have sex, do it responsibly. My parents never preached at me. I made my own choices about when to drink, when to have sex, if I would try drugs or not. I was 15 when I was asked if I wanted to try pot (I turned it down), I was 16 when I tried alcohol, and I was 17 when I lost my virginity. But those were not the best times of my teenage years. The best times were hanging out with friends, going to football games, dressing up for spirit week, hanging out at the local burger joint, singing with choir. You can live your life to the fullest without drugs and alcohol. You may not be here tomorrow, you are right, but using drugs and drinking alcohol arent going to help you see two days from now. Just because something could happen tomorrow doesnt mean you should be irresponsible today.

Answer 10

ya something could happen tommarrow.. but not likely.

Drugs, Alchohol and smoking all lead to nothing but problems. Why do that to yourself? Many teens have DIED from drug and alchohol abuse. Some have devloped additctions or ended up with criminal records as a result of drinking and drugs.. why mess up your adult life? You could be burning bridges for a good career by doing drugs! There are so many better things to look forward to! I know many adults who started smoking as teens, and are having a hard time trying to quit. Many say that they wish they never started.


Adults were all teenagers once too. Yes, we do understand. But we also understand beyond that. Most adults have tried alchohol, smoking or drugs at some point in their lives. Almost all adults know someone who is an addict, or someone who has messed up their life as a result of drugs and alchohol. We know what the concequences are for those actions.


There are better ways to enjoy your teenage years than to get involved with drugs and alchohol.

Answer 11

Yeah, I was a teenager once too and smoked and drank and ran around behind my parents' back because they were too busy with their own lives. I had no sense of the future and didn't really believe I could ever die or become seriously ill or damaged by life.

I hope that I'll be more aware of what goes on with my own children and step-children. So far so good.

Meanwhile. It's likely that you will survive your teen years so you better work on your spelling and grammar so that you actually get to have a life after 21...