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LOL, well that's how most kids were when I was young. Were you never a child? We were sweet, polite and cute to their face and something very different behind their backs! I don't see Parenting being any different than when I was a teen = good parenting produces good kids and bad parenting (like we got) produces bad kids so, if todays kids are this way or that, point the finger at their parents - NOT AT THEM.
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Well I don't think that's true. I have four brothers, our parents parented us all the same but we were all very different as teenagers. Two were terrible - miserable, unruly, aggressive, rude etc., two were normal teens - a bit rude and cheeky at times, made some mistakes, generally decent though, and one got on very well with our parents and other adults throughout the teenage years. Its both nature and nurture.
It is refreshing to learn that most people, at least most of the people who posted here, agree that today's teenagers, on a whole, are not moody, obnoxious, rude and constantly glued to their phones.
I don't think teenagers today are any better or worse then say 25 yrs ago as far as moodiness goes...everyone is unique...including teens...parents have always complained about them...in my day it was I talked too much on the phone and played my stereo too loud...! The teen years are hard on both parents and kids...teens are trying to establish their independence and parents are trying to keep them safe and to some extent still under their (parents) control...
Well I don't think that's true. I have four brothers, our parents parented us all the same but we were all very different as teenagers. Two were terrible - miserable, unruly, aggressive, rude etc., two were normal teens - a bit rude and cheeky at times, made some mistakes, generally decent though, and one got on very well with our parents and other adults throughout the teenage years. Its both nature and nurture.
Yes I parented both my children the same way...and both were extremely different as teens...one tested all our rules...and the other was compliant but much more moody and emotional...thankfully they both turned out well in the end...but I do think it's both nurture and nature as well...
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! The teen years are hard on both parents and kids...teens are trying to establish their independence and parents are trying to keep them safe and to some extent still under their (parents) control...
