Do You Like Teenagers?

I mean really like them?

I don't.  4 of my 6 g'kids are now teenagers.  I can't stand them.

An old lady once told me that you've got to hate them (teenagers) before you can really love them.

I think she was on to something.

Sylvia

I used to like them when I was a teenager. Not any more.

W

LOL.  Were we as obnoxious as those of today?

You've got me googling pork vindaloo and poutine, by the way.

Sylvia

They're all such a sweet bunch.. just play this song over and over until you laugh  !

ttp://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ckaBdIHlIqo

Caliber  (good news they all grow out of it ! ). ... ......

I love that question, as I'm on my fifth one!  LOL! My answer is................no.  Love them? yes, always.  Like them is a different story.  I dont' think they like me either, but that's ok.

I agree with Caliber, though, that thankfully they do grow out of it. I find that going to college/moving out works wonders for their maturity and our relationship.

auntbee

I thought you didn't like men, but liked kids Sylvia.  Now you don't like kids either? 

They say the word "like" like all the time.  Like I totally agree that like this site is like good, but like I don't know if like I really like agree with everyone's opinion, ya know? 

Like totally.  Like I so agree with like some people, but like I don't like agree wtih others, like you know? 

I like them. Sometimes I get baffled by things they do, but in general I love them.. It's their job to push and our job to give them something stable to push against. My therapist tells me this about my nearly 13 year old grandson Julian. He does exasperate at me at times, but mostly he makes me laugh and smile. I try to concentrate on the fun times with him.

If adults expect teenagers to act like perfect little adults, then adults will always be disappointed. Teens may seem like the don't want us around, or need us around, but this is simply not true. They need to feel we understand them and are the for them with unconditional love. C'mon, don't you all remember thinking adults didn't understand you? Teens need and want our boundaries and limits, no matter what they might tell us and no matter how loudly they may shout it. They test us all the time, but they don't want total freedom, not really.

If teens were adorable and sweet 100 % of the time, we'd never want them to leave our homes.

I am taking a positive parenting class. The teacher is always driving home what normal behavior in children actually is. She told us that 3 out of five kids will be defiant. So really, kids who are compliant are not the majority. If we all keep this in mind, teenagers will be easier to understand and tolerate.

Kids are a treasure...

we should bury em

Hill

I LOVE teenagers!  But I did have a couple of years when my daughter was 11-13 when I thought one of us might have to move.  She's 15 now and growing up nicely.  Her friends are great too.

I used to think teens got on my nerves until I managed a McDonald's.  Some of them were a waste of air, but for the most part they were great.  They also helped me because I missed being a teen.  Get the typical teen smart-mouth with a JW Mom.  Yeah, just try it!

It could just be my daughter and her friends and my McDonald's kids I adopted, but I really think so many of them really "get" things.  They work so hard on their grades.  Well, my McDonald's kids mostly  just worked hard, but they are all in their mid-20's now and doing so well.

Teenagers today seem different than us Gen X kids.

Now the obnoxious, don't give a crap kids are a different story, the spoiled ones.

omg snowbird!!!

i am only 3 yrs younger than you are
and i still have two teens of my own
AT HOME!!!!!!

constant influx of friends and girlfriends, etc

noisy, eating my groceries, using the computer, noisy, smelly, asking for rides, noisy.....

in the army, you were called a short-timer if you had less time left to serve, than you had already served...
we would get a chain with links that matched the months/weeks/days til discharge
my oldest is now 23.... youngest, 15......
i am soooooooo doing the short-timers link count!!!

John Doe. Colon Blow, sounds an awful lot like Colin Powell. I just had to say that. Isn't this the same product, used for the removal of hemmroids?

Teenagers. You better listen to me!

 Ah shit, I can already see the rotten tomatoes flyin.

 Teen agers can be cool, and,  know a lot more of whats going on, than ya might think. Let em live, Let em love. It's their day, I can be cool about it....... but don't step on my toes ......and we'll be fine.

For those who don't remember Colon Blow. 

http://www.hulu.com/watch/10304/saturday-night-live-colon-blow