''EMO'' Is it a cult or a trend for teenagers?  

EMO stands for emotional state of mind.it is the anger hard core way of expressing one-self.example for music it is a strong emotion and feeling unlike hard rock or this is more of an alternative way to let your feeling be known.emo is not only a classification or a type of music its also taken over the way one expresses themselves by dressing.it includes wearing blacks and dyed hair black.emo is also being known as for the hot emo guys and emo girls kissing.some were into cult thing or find the styles unique.

Wow... that's informative... i used to hear my colleagues make comments on my hairstyle that it's an EMO look so it got me thinking which band has this kind of hairstyle...hmmm. Cheers!

your welcome..that is something fashion is all about.wearing black nowadays are in..

Emo is the trend today but I don't like it. They are like goons and dirty in there look. I'm bit scared about they look because they look like Edward Cullen in Twilight they are very pale. Sometimes boys also have black nail polish it is so funny sometimes they nails look dead..

well yes it is the trend that should parent needs to manages them and check on them regularly.they quite dangerous lol.they can commit suicide that seem they were too emotional.

Emo stands for Emotional. Well the style is actually cool. But i don't like the attitude of emo's. Only the style.

yes emo stands for emotional..black really cool one to wear..

yes i know some of teenager were involve into cult things emo are very expressive on their own self sometimes very dangerous that other commit suicide so better to watch your kids.other find it cool but hook up to bad friends that influence the one with engaging in drugs and alike.emo styles is just find as long kids are doing fine in school and you must monitor your kids from time to time.

well yes it issome sort of fashion trend since some rock band really gave influence our kids.so some of them like to copy the style of emo people wearing black and so that makes them in so they experiments wearing those kind of clothes.but emo has also involvement in some bad group that have freaky doing so sometimes they were also misinterpreted and call them as a cult or something like wild.

And kids who are into this style are neither the first nor the last to get caught up in anything bad. Being emo, again, does NOT mean that they do slash n gash or that they are part of some bad group. God, even normal looking, happy looking rich kids do some of the exact some crap.

yes it was one of the fashion trend that teenager looks it cool fashion and rock..

Wow, you really don't know "Emo".

I am not saying it is a "cult". It's not a cult, but 9 times out of 10, if a teen is "Emo" they are usually slashing and depressed. There is a reason it is called "Emo".

You are right, not all teens who are "Emo" are depressed and slashing, but a lot of them do.

Some of them to do it to make their parents mad, that was the case with my brother and me because of the situations that we were in, but sometimes that isn't the case.

I would never say that "Emo" is a trend or a fad because it has been around for a long time, I was in high school six years ago and it was around, and from what I have heard it is still around, it is on the status of Geek, Nerd, Jock, Popular, Trendy, Preppy, Cheerleader, Academic Over Achiever, Rebel, Metal Head, Skaters, Gang Banger/Member, The girl(s) who get(s) around, Hip Hop and Punk. And all of these trends have been proving to stand the test of time. I was in high school six years ago and these trends are still around, some of these trends were around when my mother was in school. I would question my child no matter what their status really. You never know.

yes i know emo are the one with problem with unstable emotional state that they come to think like self-mutilation that ended to death.those were one problem facing now by teenager.i know some were engaging to gangs and some cult thing that is doing harm directed to themselves.

And that is certainly what we need is more parental guidance. People have to take responsibility what what they have created. Just because children get older doesn't mean that you stop being a parent. You are always a parent no matter what.

I would one day love to have children, not right now, and I know that taking care of children is not an easy job. Children require a lot of care.

Things such as "Emo" probably would not be around if parents just paid enough attention to what is going on in their child's lives. Parents have to really be on their guard.

If the teen is wearing black, I would want to know why. Heck, even if my teen had a pocket protector I would probably want to know why. If he or she was reading "Twilight" or the pink cover of "New X-Men", I would want to know why. The job of the parent is really to know why?

well i do agree with you roque,it seems that the movie industry were getting into emo like the one you mention twilight.emo influences many teenagers nowadays so sd to say they were into these things on the darkest side.

That is another thing as well, teaching children the difference between reality and fantasy. Teaching children what is real from what isn't. Parents really need to do their homework about things like this and really get to know what their teens know and analyze what they are doing. Have a lot of conversations about what is truly going on in their lives.

yes there are many things to discuss about teenager changes so parental guidance is very important.

yes it is just a fashion trend that some other people tend to look it is bad or wild but for some it just a new looks or also been copied to a rock stars or band.

Amen to that Tex!

your welcome zoey....

yes parent guidance really a biggest factor especially if there have teenager they needs constant guidance,love and emotional support.

yes i do agree with you sometimes this trend of being an emo is not good and it impose bad thing to kids so parents should be warn and always watchful to their kids since hearing all what you said makes panic for sometimes so i think it good to have parents be concern to their kids by monitoring the things they do.sad to hear that its not only a trend but somehow it makes situation complicated too.

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May I also add that I have tutored, mentored, and taken care of teens in need of an adult or in need of attention, and they tell me the same thing over and over again, "I just wished that my mom and dad would listen."

I have four nieces, two who got pregnant and rebelled because their parents were not listening to them, and it could have all been prevented if their mother and father has just listened to them and had serious talks with them. If they really got to know who their children were, they would have been saved a world of hurt.

Children and teens are always looking for someone to care about them and pay attention to them. They need that parental guidance more than anything in the world. They are not ready for the real world, they are not ready for life.

We as a society, parents, grandparents... all of us have to be responsible for our children and for this generation of children and teens.

There are generations of children growing up without parents or parental guidance. They don't know what to do or what they are doing. They are trying to be adults when they have never had real adult guidances in their lives.

I am saying this because I have seen too much suffering and too many children and teens suffer at the hands of parents and adult who didn't make the right decisions and who just didn't care, and they did not realize the damage that had been done until it was already done. I lost two friends in middle school to violence, some to car accidence and disease. I have seen a whole class of girls get pregnant, boys ending up in jail, children suffering from mental illness, and children suffer from diseases. I am don't want to see this kind of pain anymore. If I look tired or look at people a certain way, it is because I see it. I see what can and will happen if things don't change for the better. I want to see things change for the better.

yes some of the parents o not monitor their children regularly that is why these are happening to their children engaging to drugs and some of bad doing.because of lack of parental guidance.

yes it is self expression to what they are.sometimes emo have that some weird thinking that somehow affected their way of living and communication.especially those who are involve in drugs and some gangs.teenager feel that they are free and do not have any responsibilities.

yes i do agree with you it will pass as time goes by.it just like were having colds it pass when were heal.this is the process of were teenage life stage.so a little bit consideration and monitoring to their kids is a must.

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Hi,amy,the above response of mine is about EMO something..but as a whole i expressed.There is nothing wrong in adopting habits/fashions which are not harm to us personally and to society as a whole.
I too use jeans which is a imported fashion from some where,but as it is convenient to wear and move,there is nothing wrong and harm in adopt.Even though we had our own tradition o wearing some other dress since ages.O.K.,i am leaving this matter at this point. Thank you for posting this as i got chance to express my feelings on fashions which are harmful

yes but emo have also something on their mind that they do some scene that are normal to do,their fashion is weird and they wear weird clothes and accessories and so on.some times emo teenager are engages into drugs and some others.they usually cut themselves and they hate the people around them.

the whole thing is different being an emo is different from those normal teenager,they usually think differently.self-mutilation happen and aggression too.conflict increases and are dangerous.so parents should be watchful to the acts of their teenager nowadays.