Teenagers often ignore people's feelings

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Captain Nemo

I totally agree, a lot of teenagers in the UK are out of control and roam the streets like packs of wolves. I put it down to lack of discipline in the home which is not rectified at school. If a teacher lays a finger on a kid they are suspended from their job, possibly arrested for assault and finally sacked.

Nemo

One thing that has gone along way to increase this problem is PC Madness which is every where you go. Captain Nemo, your right about the schools I heard about a teacher who was about to place a aid-band on a child's cut knee, and was told to stop and ring the parents up. Madness in our schools and with the end of the Caine and slipper There is no discipline any longer.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

STEED I don't know what part of the UK you are in but aren't you exagerrating a little bit re locked doors.

Tell that to all the O.A.P'S who live in fear of these out of control teenagers.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by August

Yeah we get the point. But you won't be young for much longer yourself and then we'll see if your tune changes.

If your lucky to reach old age (The Noob) you will know what fear of the young will feel like, if you get to middle age you will change your tune. We have been living on this planet longer than you.

[The Noob]

Originally Posted by STEED

If your lucky to reach old age (The Noob) you will know what fear of the young will feel like, if you get to middle age you will change your tune. We have been living on this planet longer than you.

"Fear of the young"? :rotfl::rotfl:

WTH do you want to say by that? Everyone under 30 is a Dangerous Terrorist or what? :rotfl:

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You sure have to VERY much Fear us, cause every 14 Year old has a AK 47 with Sniper Scope...:rotfl:
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Thats Just an Nasty Excuse to Command us around. No Thanks, not any longer.

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And i will not Change my *Bleep*ing tune. On this Mother*bleep*ing planet i can Mother*bleep*ing Swear as much as i *Meep*ing want...:rotfl::rotfl:
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[August]

Originally Posted by The Noob

Thats Just an Nasty Excuse to Command us around. No Thanks, not any longer.

Just remember that in a few years when some rude teenager, maybe your own kid, says the same thing to you. It's gonna happen. Nothing stops the clock. tick tick tick.

[XabbaRus]

Originally Posted by STEED

Tell that to all the O.A.P'S who live in fear of these out of control teenagers.

That sounds like it is ripped from the text of a Daily Mail article.

I still think you are over exagerrating that point. I don't disagree that there are some estates where OAPS and not just them are afraid to go out but I don't think living behind locked doors is endemic. That certainly doesn't happen in my town.

[The Noob]

Originally Posted by August

Just remember that in a few years when some rude teenager, maybe your own kid, says the same thing to you. It's gonna happen. Nothing stops the clock. tick tick tick.

I know that. And i won't care if (s)he does, since i could understand it. And i'm usually not Rude.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

That sounds like it is ripped from the text of a Daily Mail article.

I still think you are over exagerrating that point. I don't disagree that there are some estates where OAPS and not just them are afraid to go out but I don't think living behind locked doors is endemic. That certainly doesn't happen in my town.

I may ask them for a new job.

We have a problem which will only deteriorate if nothing is done.

[STEED]

Noob.

Before you know it middle age will be upon you. Tick, tick, tick......

I agree with Noob! I am not a teenager and I'm not old yet, so I am somewhere in the middle. But I think that it is normal for kids to rebel and do things their way. You older folks had your fun times. Smoking grass, doin shrooms, dancing naked under the moonlight high as a bunch of kites, rebelling against the government, creating and spreading STD 's like wild fire for the rest of the world for generations to have to worry about. I'd say that your childhood days were about the craziest of them all.

Today's kids can't get away with crap. They just want to be unique and have their own thing. I think it's a good thing that it's this way or the world would never change. I'd say more people from different cultures, at the same age levels, agree on more than any of your generation ever did, simply because of the Internet and the ability to voice concerns to one another and share common interest. This Internet thing could be the first steps to world peace someday. It's just been years of "obsolutism" from each culture that has spread negative rumors about one another to make their own seem like it's the "right one", that has led to all this war nonsense and violence.

So the Noob is right on this, because he IS in that category of being young and he's told you how he feels. You take your old beliefs and carry them with you the rest of your life and knock down anyone else's that comes close to challenging yours because that's how you were raised and brought up.

What can YOU do about todays kid STEED? Is even more forceful means really necessary to have your way? I say let the kids live and learn for themselves. It's all about exploration at that time in their lives so why not let them have their fun?

If you truely can't stand the bad language close your ears and pay no mind to it. If it's directed at you, simply state that you are old and you don't like to hear such things. Maybe the kid(s) doing it will take that into consideration?

Times ara changin, get with it or lock yourself in your house. It's your choice!

[STEED]

Originally Posted by SubSerpent

What can YOU do about it STEED?

I am not the government.

In my day you did not go around armed to the teeth with knifes and stab to death people you took a dislike too. How times have changed and not for the better. Don't get me wrong teenagers can not be blamed outright, society has to except it's responsibility as well.

Originally Posted by STEED

I am not the government.

In my day you did not go around armed to the teeth with knifes and stab to death people you took a dislike too. How times have changed and not for the better. Don't get me wrong teenagers can not be blamed outright, society has to except it's responsibility as well.

That's my point STEED! You can't do anything about it. If you could what would you do? If your were the government. Do you really think tighter control on them would be better? I think that would just make things worse and cause even more violence to spread. People don't like to be forced to do things. They like to do things for themselves. This is why it's important to let the kids be who they are. You might find the freaky hair to be offensive or ugly, but to other kids they find it cool and unique. I admit that their are some really freaky ones, but who am I to judge? I used to have spiked hair in grade school after all. I even had a rat tale once! I let it grow half way down my back too. I dyed my hair in high school from brown to bleach blonde and had a messy spike with hair gel. I had my left ear peirced and wore a lot of Metallica and Guns & Roses t-shirts also. I was quite a punk I suppose.:hmm: I used to have a comb that looked like a switch blade. Yeah, I was a real threat to the world!:rotfl:

Actually STEED, I was just a kid and trying to fit in with my pals! It was just the thing to do and if you didn't then you were a nobody. Kids like to show off and this will never stop. Adults just need to face it and accept it for what it is. Your kids obviously don't want to grow up to be just like you and this hurts you because you think that you were or are perfect just as everyone does. What a shock it is when you find out it's not true

Just face it, you're an old fuddy duddy and that's just the way it is and how it goes. I fear what my 5 month old is going to be like when she is 13 God help me!

[STEED]

Originally Posted by SubSerpent

Just face it, you're an old fuddy duddy and that's just the way it is and how it goes. I fear what my 5 month old is going to be like when she is 13 God help me!

Your be in the fuddy duddy club soon. Tick,tick,tick,tick.......

The problem is a part of a greater puzzle so the whole puzzle needs time and patience to correct the problems.

[Perilscope]

Originally Posted by SubSerpent

... I fear what my 5 month old is going to be like when she is 13 God help me!

It is not god who is going to help you now nor when your daughter will be 13, but what YOU do now for her.

[Frenssen]

At least in my country there`s a mentality that you can blame everyone but yourself when things go wrong. The individual takes no or little responsibility. They also know that the state will feed them when they drop out of school.