Comments on: 20 Things Teens Say to Set Parents Off http://www.ronitbaras.com/focus-on-the-family/parenting-family/20-things-teens-say-to-set-parents-off/ "Happy Parents Raise Happy Kids" Mon, 21 May 2012 19:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ronitbarashttp://www.ronitbaras.com/focus-on-the-family/parenting-family/20-things-teens-say-to-set-parents-off/#comment-8335 ronitbaras Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.ronitbaras.com/?p=610#comment-8335 qwerty,  Our memories are never accurate as they are all perception that is alters over time.  My parents did lots of things I did not like. I do not think they were silly. I think they seemed reasonable to them, they seemed right to them and research on that discovers that parents and kids' relationships 20 years ago, are similar today. Teens who are now parents complain exactly on the same things their parents complained about them 20 - 30 years earlier.  You are right, graduation means nothing. I know many adults that never graduated from their teenhood. It comes with taking responsibility and we can't give teens responsibility, we can only teach them to take it.   qwerty, 

Our memories are never accurate as they are all perception that is alters over time. 
My parents did lots of things I did not like. I do not think they were silly. I think they seemed reasonable to them, they seemed right to them and research on that discovers that parents and kids' relationships 20 years ago, are similar today. Teens who are now parents complain exactly on the same things their parents complained about them 20 - 30 years earlier. 

You are right, graduation means nothing. I know many adults that never graduated from their teenhood. It comes with taking responsibility and we can't give teens responsibility, we can only teach them to take it.  

]]> By: ronitbarashttp://www.ronitbaras.com/focus-on-the-family/parenting-family/20-things-teens-say-to-set-parents-off/#comment-8331 ronitbaras Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:08:00 +0000 http://www.ronitbaras.com/?p=610#comment-8331 which part?  The things teens say or the translation of it?  which part? 
The things teens say or the translation of it? 

]]> By: ronitbarashttp://www.ronitbaras.com/focus-on-the-family/parenting-family/20-things-teens-say-to-set-parents-off/#comment-8330 ronitbaras Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:06:00 +0000 http://www.ronitbaras.com/?p=610#comment-8330 Amber,  What would be your interpretations of this? how do you set your parents off?  Amber, 

What would be your interpretations of this? how do you set your parents off? 

]]> By: ronitbarashttp://www.ronitbaras.com/focus-on-the-family/parenting-family/20-things-teens-say-to-set-parents-off/#comment-8329 ronitbaras Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:05:00 +0000 http://www.ronitbaras.com/?p=610#comment-8329 Peanut butter,  Share with us your version of it.  Peanut butter, 

Share with us your version of it. 

]]> By: Peanut Butterhttp://www.ronitbaras.com/focus-on-the-family/parenting-family/20-things-teens-say-to-set-parents-off/#comment-8307 Peanut Butter Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:53:00 +0000 http://www.ronitbaras.com/?p=610#comment-8307 wtff.thats not what it means...i admit sum is alil right but sum is straight um fail! wtff.thats not what it means...i admit sum is alil right but sum is straight um fail!

]]> By: qwertyhttp://www.ronitbaras.com/focus-on-the-family/parenting-family/20-things-teens-say-to-set-parents-off/#comment-8303 qwerty Sun, 11 Mar 2012 03:18:00 +0000 http://www.ronitbaras.com/?p=610#comment-8303  Yes, but your memories are flawed. Eventually you grew up and rectified your various adolescent crises, but that doesn't mean they never happened. Some of these are logical; others sound like you're just trying to be clever by using paradox as a rhetorical device. For example, "I don't need you" usually means that the kid feels like he doesn't need you. Not to say it's an accurate perception, but you don't magically gain the power of self-reliance at high school graduation. Some teenagers, if you set them up with a job and an apartment, have been ready to fend for themselves for years. They certainly did in agrarian times, and although our modern society babies the hell out of youths, their hormones and instincts are telling them this whole extended education and financial dependence setup is all a bit silly. -- An adult who still thinks some of the things her parents did were nonsense  Yes, but your memories are flawed. Eventually you grew up and rectified your various adolescent crises, but that doesn't mean they never happened. Some of these are logical; others sound like you're just trying to be clever by using paradox as a rhetorical device. For example, "I don't need you" usually means that the kid feels like he doesn't need you. Not to say it's an accurate perception, but you don't magically gain the power of self-reliance at high school graduation. Some teenagers, if you set them up with a job and an apartment, have been ready to fend for themselves for years. They certainly did in agrarian times, and although our modern society babies the hell out of youths, their hormones and instincts are telling them this whole extended education and financial dependence setup is all a bit silly.

-- An adult who still thinks some of the things her parents did were nonsense

]]> By: amberhttp://www.ronitbaras.com/focus-on-the-family/parenting-family/20-things-teens-say-to-set-parents-off/#comment-8302 amber Sun, 11 Mar 2012 03:13:00 +0000 http://www.ronitbaras.com/?p=610#comment-8302 Being a teen, I find these false. Being a teen, I find these false.

]]> By: Emerghttp://www.ronitbaras.com/focus-on-the-family/parenting-family/20-things-teens-say-to-set-parents-off/#comment-8301 Emerg Sun, 11 Mar 2012 02:19:00 +0000 http://www.ronitbaras.com/?p=610#comment-8301 "I am going to run away" means "I am afraid of running away"Uh, no. I am going to run away means I'm mad at you all, I'm sick of being cooped up in this stupid little town/cramped city, and I want to go on a real adventure all on my own. "I am going to run away" means "I am afraid of running away"Uh, no. I am going to run away means I'm mad at you all, I'm sick of being cooped up in this stupid little town/cramped city, and I want to go on a real adventure all on my own.

]]> By: Busbushttp://www.ronitbaras.com/focus-on-the-family/parenting-family/20-things-teens-say-to-set-parents-off/#comment-8300 Busbus Sun, 11 Mar 2012 01:56:00 +0000 http://www.ronitbaras.com/?p=610#comment-8300 That was crap. That was crap.

]]> By: ronitbarashttp://www.ronitbaras.com/focus-on-the-family/parenting-family/20-things-teens-say-to-set-parents-off/#comment-8297 ronitbaras Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:59:00 +0000 http://www.ronitbaras.com/?p=610#comment-8297 Bowler, Tell us what you think it means?  Ronit  Bowler,

Tell us what you think it means? 

Ronit 

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