Speak Respone

  I chose the statement ‘Parents simply don’t understand the problems teenagers go through’. I chose it because I agree with that statement very strongly. I believe that because the things that teenagers encounter now in our day is very different but yet very similar to what our parents encountered as teenagers. But, also it depends on how old they were. If they are old like in there 50s then there is a lot more differences then there are similarities. But, if they are young like in their 30s, early 40s then there would be either an equilibrium or more similarities then there were differences.

          The things that are different from what they encountered is a much more, severe rate of bullying. wither at school, over text, over the computer,etc. they are still encountering it a lot more then their parents did as a kid. One way that they are the same is teenagers in today society encounter drugs. Same with our parents. they have encountered drugs as well. But back when our parents encountered them (depending on how old they are) were probably more tempted to try them out because they didn’t now what the effects of the drugs were. But, if they are younger set of parents, they would have a less chance of trying the drugs, because of the research done on the drugs and the kind of information scientists have found out about the long term effects and the short term effects. So they would be more hesitant to try them.

           Another way that parents teenager years would differ from today’s teenagers is just the way they live and survive in high school. Back then they wouldn’t/didn’t need to worry about people not liking them for who they are and girlfriends/boyfriends. But today we do. We have to worry about getting rejected from boys and girls the corresponding gender likes. We also have to worry about people not liking us for who I am. That is why girls wear so much makeup to hide their real faces and their real selves from everybody else. Or why guys act so tough around everyone else and act cool. It also explains why rich people wear such fancy clothes and poor people try to get the fancy clothes rich people wear. Just so they can fit in.

           One other thing that is similar to our parents life as a teenager compared to our lives as teenagers is that we both have the same goals, or milestones. we both just want to graduate from high school and move on to get/ have a good life afterwards.