What's your honest opinion of teenagers today?

Answer 1

They have it alot tougher than we did. I feel sorry for them.

Answer 2

Being a teenager, I think that teens are just as varied as adults. We can be slackers, stupid, responsible, intelligent, immature, wise, thoughtful, naive, and any other adjective you can find. Some say that teens are miserable and irresponsible monsters- they clearly aren't familiar with the cult of honors students which I am a part of. Others say that teens aren't all that bad, and they clearly aren't familiar with the vandals and drug addicts. "Teenager" is too broad of a category- there are so many types of teens- some of us are Hermione's, some of us are crackheads, some of us are depressed, some of us are having a blast...

In the end, you just can't judge us as a group. I see a lot of people answering that we're rude and irresponsible. Clearly they don't know what some of us are going through- the pressure we have to get into a top-notch state university or Stanford or Harvard, the fact that we work harder to get there than most adults (my whole life is literally nothing but work... 40 hours of school a week, the rest of the time is grueling homework. We're being taught that to be successful, we have to take 3 or 4 AP's and get all A's, and we're rising to the occasion!).

Answer 3

The majority of them are horrible, spoiled, materialistic, no respect at anyone, rude, lazy, money mad, dreaming of being a pop idol one day.
No offend intended for any teenagers in any countries. Most of them are more or less the same. The ones in Britain are rude, full of hatred, destructive, bullying. I know some who try hard to get pregnant to get a council flat and be independent from the parents.
In the U.S, my friend said it sucks to be a student there. Fighting and bullying everyday and no one can concentrate on studying.
In France, teenagers learn from the American rap and gang culture. They think it's the fashion.
In Asia it's not much better. The other day a girl of 14 in Hong Kong gave birth in the middle of the night at her home on 24th floor of a building. She then threw her son through the window from 24th floor and the new born baby died instantly with half of the skull smashed. Funny all that time no one, not even the parents, noticed she's pregnant.
It's an age of lost of value. I really miss the good old days when I was a teenager.

Answer 4

Teens are the same as they've always been. Some are manageable, some are plain stupid, some are violent, some are violent and stupid. They're all into things that their parent's aren't into. So naturally that makes them "bad." Remember Elvis Presley's swinging hips once made parents think their kids were going to hell. Or wtfever.

I personally like teens today. I like that they are connected. I like that they are embracing technology. I like that they have their own net-culture with it's own codes and writing style that drives old people nuts b/c they think that the kids can't write properly. I like that many teens are learning about the world in ways that I or older people never did. They are more aware, but are still in their own little teen world.

Though Avril Laveine sucks. Seriously, what's with kids these days! ;P

Answer 5

A LOT of them think it's okay to have pre-marital sex. They are not mature enough to even know about sex and are not properly educated. The only 100% protection from pregnancy and STDs is ABSTINENCE. So they are uneducated in that department.

A lot of them can also be very mean. They are "trying to find themselves" and pick on others to make themselves feel better.

In the "finding themselves department" also, they too are split into these groups... emo, punk, prep, goth, jock, etc. They try to pretend to be someone they're not just to fit in (i.e. Avril Lavigne).

They are too young to understand that those things are silly and petty. They will look back and laugh at their teenage years once they are grown up and mature.

Answer 6

This generation has the most integration of the public school system and it's tragic. The education of our people should never be subjected to social experimentation. Or outside agitation. What do we have now that we didn't have before? Gangs, Racial grouping within the schools, bullying at astronomical levels, dropout rates that belie the death of civilization as we know it, and just think of all the potential that has been stunted by fear instilled in the children, not to mention rebelliousness on steroids. The sad truth is there to see. You don't have to be racist to love your children.

Answer 7

I like them... I work with a lot of teenagers, and as a group, I have found them to be enthusiastic and fun to be around... not necessarily hardworking, but willing to learn and try new things. I'm not saying that all teenagers are like that, maybe I've been lucky, but you just have to give them a chance to show what they can do.

Answer 8

I'm a teenager and I think most are all right.
It's the scum ones who live in council estates you want to watch..
Like, there was this boy who looked like a right thug and when my little brother fell other him and his other mates rushed over to make sure he was alright.

Answer 9

I'm grandmother to seven - most of them teenagers. We live in a working class area, on the edge of a council estate, near schools. Most of the youngsters are OK, I've never seen any really bad behaviour, only high spirits. Make eye contact and they'll return a smile or the time of day. Most people of my generation treat youngsters rudely, if they respond in kind - you deserve it.

Answer 10

I think there are two sorts good and bad the good are brought up to be good man nerd and considerate to others, and these brought up by parents that don't abide by these principles and don't have any parenting skills, but i also strongly believe some children are born bad and these cant change.i believe discipline is a form of affection

Answer 11

Most are good and sound however through no fault of their own they have been badly educated and let down and most of the problems come from that. Before I retired I was impressed by a very good attitude to their work only for them to find that they were let down often by poor ill trained managers with little idea of how to get the best out of them which they were often so keen to give.