Understanding the teenagers

Hi zhuhuifen, I like what you say here and couldn't agree more. Fighting back will never bring about positive results. We must remember our own youth and although things may have been much different from today, most rebelled in some way. Showing love and respect as well as trust from the very beginning will also help. Blessings.

Oh it's tough to be young person these days. Everybody is hitting out at them as if they were the cause of every social ill there is. They can't hand out because apparently this makes them potentially bad and when they go off and do something, like from a rap group or something, this is the wrong thing to do. Although it's been a long time since I was a teenager I remember it very well. It was in many ways an exciting yet confusing time. I don't doubt that teens today are just as confused. What are teenagers most interested in these days, is anyone bothered to find out? They like music and the movies. So okay, give them a space where they can make music, practice dance steps etc. Sometimes all they need is a space, especially in the city. Our biggest mistake, I think, is that we don't bother to talk them in their own language. We assume that our language is the best one there is. But if it does not communicate, it is useless. In our adult arrogance, we assume that we always know better and we seek to impose this on teenagers. And trying to impose anything from above on teens frequently receives the wrong reaction, as anyone who knows teenagers will understand.