Why are teenagers so impossible?

[KitchenWitch]

x(

:cry:

[Connonym]

1. I think I know

it's so we're willing to let them go. If they weren't impossible we'd never let them leave home.

[KitchenWitch]

4. That is probably it.

Gods, he thinks he knows everything.

[Ava]

2. not all of us are

but yeah, a lot are.. and i honestly am not sure why :shrug:

so i apologize for my fellow whippersnappers :hug:

[KitchenWitch]

3. Yeah, my son is around the same age you are.

I am so tired of the one word answers from him, especially when I ask him questions requiring at the very least a short paragraph.

[Ava]

5. well most teenage boys are that way

"i don't know" and "i don't care" seem to be the answer to everything.

"what do you want for dinner?"
"i don't know"

"which movie do you want to see?"
"i don't care"

they seem to work for every question for them ;)

[Unvanguard]

8. That's a pride/independence thing. The message is, "It's my life--let me live it on my own, please."

That's also why teenagers usually give better answers to friends than to parents--it's not the effort to actually answer the question, it's the perceived character and intention of the question.

[Ava]

10. hmm, perhaps that is it

i certainly don't have that attitude towards my mother.. if i did then i'd deserve to be kicked out of the house... independence is a good thing but it comes with a lot of responsibilities.

i cannot stand how some people treat their parents. my mom isn't mean or harsh or even strict... but she expects the respect that she deserves. we have a great relationship and can talk to each other about anything. i honestly don't know another teenager(male or female) that has a relationship with their parents like mine with my mom and stepdad, and that saddens me.

then again, my fellow teens around here aren't exactly the pick of the litter.

[Radical Activist]

27. They understand that their role in life is to become independent adults

while some parents do not.

[Ava]

35. or they're just spoiled brats who might need a good dose of reality

which seems to be the case most of the time.

a 16 year old who thinks that mom and dad are horrible for having rules and enforcing those rules is a spoiled brat. if they want independence then they can get a job, pay their own bills, buy their own food, pay for their own clothes, and be independent. otherwise they should be grateful for being able to live dependently on their parents as long as they follow their rules.

and to clarify, i'm not talking about kitchenwitch's son here, i don't know him or what he has done to upset her.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

37. This is completely and absolutely true.

:thumbsup:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear KitchenWitch...

Oh, sweetie...

And I know how much you look forward to talking to him...

And then to have him do this to you...

:hug: :hug:

[Archae]

7. Three reasons...

1. They think they know everything.

2. They actually know diddly squat.

3. When 2 comes out over 1, they go emo.

Having once been a teenager, believe me, I remember being that way! :eyes:

[Unvanguard]

9. I'm pretty sure I don't know everything, and usually I don't mind being proven wrong.

But my parents still think I'm impossible to deal with. And probably for good reason.

:shrug:

[Ava]

11. they go emo?

:rofl:

[billyskank]

13. They throw a strop.

As we say in Britain. :D

[jobycom]

17. Damn, does that sound cooler because it's Brit or because it's just not overused here?

[Ava]

18. pitch a fit?

:P

[billyskank]

20. Zactly.

:P

[Ava]

21. don't throw your back out crying

:P

[JVS]

22. emos suck!

[Wapsie B]

12. They're making up for what I didn't do back then.

I'm sorry. It's my fault. I didn't raise enough hell back in the day, or much of any really. I'll get it right in the next lifetime. :P

[KitchenWitch]

14. And here all this time I thought it was the fault of the Clenis.

:P

[SidneyCarton]

15. My sympathies...

When I was 14 I was certain I knew everything.
When I was 16 I was still pretty sure.
By the time I was 18 I still thought I knew most things.
Now I'm 26, married with one child trying to get through Grad School while working full-time.
(Believe me, I know nothing.)

Your son is going down the path we all go down, and he will learn through experience (hopefully not painful experience) that life is not as simple as he thought it was. :hug:

(sent with uneasiness while considering my own 16-month-old daughter)

[jobycom]

16. Mine's a piece of cake.

Which is even scarier. :scared:

[latebloomer]

19. my son is pretty taciturn

but at almost 17 he's started to become a lot more talkative. And he has always been affectionate, and remains so. Though he still doesn't tell us much about what's actually going on in his life, and he too often answers with monosyllables. And often he lets us know how idiotic we are.

Quote from Mark Twain-

"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand him to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."

[La Lioness Priyanka]

23. well one theory is because we allow them to be in developed countries

we want them to be in school longer so we allow them in many ways to be children but their bodies are somewaht those of an adults, which causes conflict. hence the pain in the ass.

in underdeveloped countries adolescence is not a problem, since teens take on adult roles

does that help? :P

[KitchenWitch]

24. Immensely!

:P

:rofl:

[PeaceNikki]

25. I totally thought you were going to pitch for them to be sent to 3rd world countries during the teen

years.

I was like... YES, I CAN SUPPORT THIS IDEA! They can come back at 25. :thumbsup:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

26. lol

:rofl:

[Radical Activist]

28. We don't just allow but expect them to remain children

well after they are capable of taking on adult roles. The fact that teens are physically maturing at a younger age but parents/school/society attempt to delay their emotional maturity causes a lot of conflict. Teens understand that their role in life shouldn't be to get bossed around by their parents until age 21 better than many parents do.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

29. yeah that. thats what i was getting at.

[MissMillie]

30. I have always wondered whey there has never been an epidemic

of Shaken Teenager Syndrome.....

[Beer Snob-50]

31. it's simple really

teenagers know more than their parents do and it pisses them off when you don't. however we as parents become smarter when they hit their mid twenties.

[DarkTirade]

32. Because otherwise they wouldn't be teenagers.

[Iggo]

33. I was the same.

I bet even if I could go back and ask myself why I was being such a little ass-holio, I wouldn't have a better answer than "I dunno." But it really is a passing phase. If you don't overreact (like me and my mom did...lol) it'll probably pass without too much damage.

[FloridaJudy]

34. It's Mother Nature's way

Of making sure we kick them out, so they can go off and start families of their own. Otherwise they'd just hang around forever, like adolescent wolves (living in the basement?), and that would diminish the gene pool. This way, when they finally leave for college or the military or become beach bums we all give a big sigh of relief.

That's always been my theory.

But I agree it really sucks.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

36. CAUSE WE EFFING KNOW EVERYTHING!!1!1!!

Evaarrrr!! We don't need no steenkeeening adults.

Or so we wish/think/hope.

:D :P

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

38. Because you suck and I wish I was never born.

That's why.

[Taverner]

39. You try having a young brain and an adult's body - with hormones going nuts

Because they don't know how to react to this chemistry.

[ailsagirl]

40. It's a physiological thing...

http://www.walrusmagazine.com/print/2006.11-science-the-teenage-brain/