Why do you think teenagers today?

Question

are acting more aggresive and behaving badly against older people and flouting the law
i dont mean "the law let them get away with it"
i mean their deep down attitude that makes them want bad
its like as if they are emotionally hurt and hitting out at everything because its too painful to go direct to the source of hurt~Thats how it could seem not definately how it is
Any ideas on this subject?

Answer 1

They're not like that if they're raised properly.

Answer 2

There's not one answer to this - there are many factors BUT the main ones I would say are:

1). Lack of parental guidance thus leading to -
2). Spending too much time with their peers - the blind leading the blind
3). The rights culture - children are given more rights than their parents thus leading to lack of discipline (see point 1)
4). The education system - circle time in primary school and children being told that all points of view are valid and there's no right or wrong answers.
5). Pride
6). No clear role models at home (see point 1) so the children use pop stars and actors as role models.
7) The media - demoralises everyone so people have just given up

etc etc

Answer 3

Im just a normal teenager... i rarely behave too badly and im not agressive etc... but when you say

"acting more aggresive and behaving badly against older people"

believe me older peoplle only scratch the surface.

do you know what its like being a teenager today... everytime you go out your running the risk of being mugged or getting in a fight.

besides we also get a major lack of respect from adults... just see how many adults who answer this think there better then the teenagers when really we should all be equals


also the parents are mostly to blame... i know they cant help it but they always side with their kids. you talk about kids knowing their rights, well its good they do or adults would be beating them at every given chance judging by the responses on this question, however its the adults that sue etc... there the ones that take the money whereas they should really be trying to encourage their child to do the right thing not dicipline them for doing the wrong thing...

THERE IS FAR TO MUCH NEGATIVITY SHARED BETWEEN ADULTS AND TEENAGERS

Answer 4

That is a very stereotypical view. I have a teenage son and I do agree there comes a point when hormones kick in and my son could be aggressive (not outside the home) and I as his main influence had to make him see and understand that we all feel angry but it's what and how you handle those aggressive feelings also he as options and he's the one in control so he doesn't have to act on his feeling he can walk away and come back to address it later when he's calmer also in school I've noticed teenage boys especially are automatically labelled aggressive if they dare to speak back, why? surely their point of view is just as valid as the teachers but because in school they are not listened to the teacher gets frustrated then issues punishments and I know from what my son as said all he wanted to say was....................and the teacher got all up on themselves, so perhaps if we set a good example as adults perhaps they would feel less frustrated. If your talking about the gangs an the street I do believe it's because there is no discipline, no boundaries have been set no consequences have been given while they have been growing up so therefore they don't know what's exceptable behaviour and there are parents who aren't bothered about where or what their children are doing perhaps in this day and age we don't have time to instill true values in out children because of the changes in living.

Answer 5

There is no excuse for it I was emotionally hurt and had a lot of problems when I was younger however I got over it and I am at University. I could have gone down that road but there was no need. I think these teenagers should be sent into the Army as they are not going to do anything constructive with their lives.

Answer 6

I don't think kids of today have any respect anymore.
you hear them in the streets shouting abuse at people, effing and blinding all the time. In this country (UK) they know they'll get away with it as they won't get touched. Not like the good old days we're the old bill would give them a clip round the ear or take them home and give them a verbal bashing in front of the parents. Nowadays they're more likely to be sued.
I don't blame the kids though, I blame their parents. Or maybe its society in general.
Some little sod kicked my Uncles wall down, he chased them, caught one of them, dragged him round to his parents house (not literally) and told them what he'd done. They said nothing, just huffed. An hour later he had the police round at his house saying the parents had filed a complaint against him for hurting their child! Yeah right! B*stards.
When we were young, misbehave and you get a whack round the legs or a sore backside. These days you're too scared to smack the little bugg*rs because everyone says its wrong.
Bring back national service and make them all serve 2 years in the armed forces to learn a bit of discipline and self respect.
Ban TV, computers and computer games to under 16's. Make them go out on the streets and play football like we used to, go climbing trees, play cricket, interact with their friends more instead of virtual worlds. Of course you couldn't do that now either as you're too afraid of something happening to the children outside.

Answer 7

two months ago a young couple was walking through our local park when a group of teenagers asked them for a cigarette. When they said they didn't have any the youth's kicked the girl to death by kicking her face, scalping her and stamping on her head. She was 21 and they were 14 plus.
No one trusts teenagers today. Say one wrong word and you could end up dead. Why is this? What exactly brough this unfear of justice about?

Answer 8

Because they have been brought up badly, they demand respect and do nothing to earn it. Most have parents who are lazy no hopers who just do not believe in working and have passed this on to their offspring.Something for nothing has been their creed and this is unlikely to change.
There are however many cases of young people who work hard to better themselves but this comes at a price.They must sacrifice something,the path is not an easy one if you wish to succeed by honest endeavour.

Answer 9

It`s part of what being a teen is all about. The world is a more confusing place to teenagers, than it is to adults.
They have to learn in the University of Life....sometimes the hard way...and the best way to do this is to look at life from other`s perspectives - put yourself in others shoes - you will learn a lot about life, and possibly end up a better person for it.

Answer 10

I think that there are several reasons for this behaviour:
1. The failure of the education system to prepare them for life in the world of work. In fact, in my opinion, the system has failed most young people be poor teaching in their primary schools which means, as quite a percentage are more or less illiterate when they begin secondary school. they cannot cope with the work and, rather than admit it, they put on the air of "school work sucks, it's not cool to work, etc." The fault lies not so much with their primary teachers as with the primary education system. I speak as a teacher of many years' experience and I know that they (children) been subjected to useless fads and teaching strategies that have failed them.
2. In my younger days (many years ago) children (I never call them "kids" as it's disrespectful) had far more freedom to do things in their free time. We could play in the parks or, in my case the countryside, go exploring, climb trees, play footie in the roads as there was little traffic, and all the sorts of little adventurous and risky thinks which are forbidden to children now. For example, play areas have to have "soft" landings so if they fall they are not hurt. Trees are cut down to stop children climbing them. They can't play in streams or brooks and catch little fish; all these things were part of my childhood.
So they reach teenage having never done anything exciting. They don't have friends, they have gang members and, as young people always did, even in my day, we tried to do exciting things. But today this means nicking cars, taking drugs, shoplifting, being generally antisocial. It is a great pity but until something is done at the roots of the problem it will get worse.
3. The too-easy break-down of relationships, or as we called it, marriage. Too many adults, at the first signs of discomfort, opt out of their relationships, leaving their children at a loss to explain what has happened. Most children stay with mom and this means that many boys have no suitable role models as the only men they meet are their mother's temporary boyfriends who are only there for sex and free lodging. Nearly a half of babies born in the UK today are to unmarried parents. Many never know their dad who disappears when informed of the pregnancy and never contributes financially or any other way to their child's upbringing. The children have no real family life so they join gang "families." You can't blame them.
This answer may seem like a load of right-wing, illiberal clap-trap, but, think about what I have written. It contains only the briefest outline of what people of my generation know to be true - but, of course, no one asks us!!!

Answer 11

Teenagers are taught their rights (which they readily learn) but not their responsibilities (which many would turn a deaf ear to anyway).

They emerge from school thinking they can treat employers and the world at large they way they have been treating their teachers. Those who learned respect will do OK. The rest have a steep learning curve ahead of them - or a jail sentence.