How can a teenager say that an adult does not know much about teens??

Question

how the heck do they think we got to be adults???

trust me, the dates may change and some issues but it still remains basically the same

ok I better go I am getting all serious

the 70's?????WTF I was born at the END of the 70's!

Answer 1

ADULTS ARE ROBOTS!

Adults were made at about age 20 and have a story programed into them. they dont always get it right though, thats why they somtimes mess up their childhood story.

Its realy that simple, they never were kids.

Answer 2

it seems to me that a teenager in this era is more open to change and fitting in who they really are. they are more diverse, and sometimes adults that had a teenage past may not understand that concept. new problems and situations are created each day. these days they are more or less unexpected as they were before. some of which, parents may not seem to understand the same way as teenagers see it. it's all in the brain. as the brain ages, adults are more prone to using common sense, what is right and wrong. but at a young stage, teenagers use their creative part of their brain and are more prone to adaptation and imagination.

i've seen a video on this, and so far i already know the difference :D

Answer 3

yeah they can say that; not only did the dates change but adults think its all fun being a teenager. schools different [or atleast mine is] in my school a teacher will argue with you just like one of the other teenagers. friends and boy cause stress that adults wont understand no matter how much you explain it to them. so do parents, its just different. adults should TRY to be us especially the way it is now. ehh :/

Answer 4

I think they forgot the fact that we also had to survive the teen years. Although I really thinkthey claim there is so much more *DRAMA* in the lives of todays teens. I thought I had a few rotten days growing up, but never like this.

Answer 5

being a parent of 3 teenagers, 2 of which still live at home, life is very different from when I was one...you have to keep an open mind, be honest with them...let them know the consequences of their actions and you are available to talk 24/7...kids grow up quicker with each generation...just my 2 cents

Answer 6

It`s nothing new,there was one of the ancient philosophers who wrote about the lack of respect by teens even in his age. Even Mark Twain said `` I left my home at 16, and didn`t come back til I was 21. It`s amazing how much my father had learned in that time.``

Answer 7

well generation difference plays a role in it. In ur generation what you thought was important might not be important now. I am not saying u r completely clueless about teenagers but there may be some places where you are.

Answer 8

I thought the same thing of MY parents. They used to lie to me and say they never did 'this' or 'that' growing up. To hear them tell it, they were saints. Turns out, the reason they knew what I was up to most times was because they were much WORSE than me. But catching them in lies sort of negated any authority I may have respected in them.

Answer 9

they can't.
but they can say that
adults don't what it is
like to be a teenager in the 2000's.
alot has changed from the 70's.

Answer 10

Didn't you appear as the rest of us did from under a rock as a full grown adult?