Question of The Day- Teen Maturity
By DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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4 Nov 17
Wonder what caused them to be more entitled today?
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@NJChicaa (127164)
• United States
4 Nov 17
@dgobucks226 parents started being their friends instead of their parents
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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5 Nov 17
@NJChicaa I hear that all the time and have seen this also! The home becomes a hangout for partying and the mother is there allowing it...
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
2 Nov 17
Teens mature a lot faster now, but many of them have almost no common sense, whatsoever.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
4 Nov 17
@dgobucks226 They grow up faster, but they are definitely not mature.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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4 Nov 17
For many teens a statement I have to agree with....
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
4 Nov 17
@dgobucks226 , jaded, they walk around with information we never had and not all of it good. I sometimes feel that they know too much too soon.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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5 Nov 17
@bluesa Oh I see, yes, yes, absolutely true and terrifically stated. Like your word jaded, exactly! 
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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4 Nov 17
Interesting way to look at it? Not sure what your definition of world weary would be? Is it more stressed?
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@JudyEv (382348)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Nov 17
@dgobucks226 I think being accountable is a big one. Too many don't want to take responsibility for their actions.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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4 Nov 17
I agree. Sometimes I feel they are being protected and sheltered away from responsibility and accountability for their actions.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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8 Nov 17
@JudyEv I agree with that! It seems teens always have excuses instead of accepting what happens...
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@Genipher (5405)
• United States
2 Nov 17
Probably depends on the teen. My homeschooled 13-year-old is more responsible than other girls her age. Heck, she's more responsible than I was at that age!
My brother wasn't fully "mature" until his mid-twenties. And I have a cousin who's close to 40 now, whose never grown up. She prefers to be "babied" by her mom and mooches off her and my great grandma.
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@Genipher (5405)
• United States
4 Nov 17
@dgobucks226
By mature do you mean more responsible or physically mature, as in they hit puberty faster?
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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5 Nov 17
@Genipher Both...as maturity is not limited by definition to just physical.
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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4 Nov 17
Yes, individual differences always seem to play a role in most discussions. I wonder on a whole, if teens have matured more than the previous generations and if so in what ways?
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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4 Nov 17
Yes, there is so much information available to them from so many different sources. It can make them knowledgeable beyond their years.
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@Ganma7 (3664)
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5 Nov 17
@dgobucks226 Yes sometimes they know too much for their own good
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@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
2 Nov 17
I don`t know but maybe because of more technologies or way of discovering things available for them now than before 
During my time internet is about to start but not too much affordable or available to everyone
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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4 Nov 17
That is true. The internet has played a role in teens maturing so quickly today.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
3 Nov 17
I haven't noticed a very big difference in maturity in terms of attitude, at least in my community. But I think youngsters today are exposed to more things than my generation was (mainly because of Internet and technology) so in that sense yes maybe they are slightly more mature.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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4 Nov 17
Yes, I would have to agree. There is so much access to information today and it is at their fingertips. Pardon the internet pun.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
4 Nov 17
I think teens are more mature during the old days; unlike today when they can be so careless about their safety, etc.
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@teamfreak16 (43645)
• Denver, Colorado
5 Nov 17
Very immature. I think they are in for a rude awakening, personally.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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5 Nov 17
They seem to try to grow up so fast instead of enjoying being a kid to me? Plenty of time to be an adult!
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