Reply To "Teen Issues"

by Elizabetta

It’s politically incorrect to remark about anyone for their skin color, sexual preference, gender, or religious choice. So why the hell is it still politically correct to view teenagers as some sub-species of human?

Everyone has problems. Bitching at a certain age group might temporarily satisfy the empty place inside you where there should be pride at your own personal accomplishments…but what does it achieve?

Bigotry…You’ll start wearing Dr.Scholls therapeutic shoes and little short curly blue wigs with floral dresses and be like some fucked version of the KKK. Old ladies give me the most shit over being young. I didn’t expect to find that on totse.

If you had stopped for thirty seconds you might have realized that everyone has problems with money. Or hadn’t you noticed all of the 50 dozen odd debt consolidation agencies in America right now? No one is shot out of the amniotic sack knowing how to balance a checkbook or have good spending habits. Now “to learn good spending habits and not have an allowance” …Fabulous Idea. But how is a paycheck so painfully different from an allowance? I know old men who still can’t handle money, they usually declare bankruptcy. Or perhaps the government should consider setting an example. Our beloved country America is currently in debt HOW many billions of dollars? Now come on, we all know teens aren’t in legislature.

Society as a whole has a problem with relationships; or hadn’t you heard of divorce? I can name off the number of happy couples that I know of on one hand.

What you refer to as “damn teen issues” are universal issues that everyone faces in all stages of life. Teenagers are facing a lot for the first time or are at least still very new to the realities of the world. My biggest problem with this attitude toward them is that they aren’t viewed as people, or even worthy of attention. You first ignore them through some of the toughest phases in life and not TAUGHT them how to deal with anything and then wonder, WHY don’t they know when they hit twenty how to handle money, HOW to have a healthy working relationship. And instead of trying to better the situation you sit on your ass and BITCH! Much like you’re arch nemeses the ubiquitous teenager. You don’t even bitch in a constructive manner, what might have been a good article was a poorly written insult. This part however

“The teenage world is filled with greed, envy, and a lot of careless spending. Teens need to realize that life isnt about glory, fame, and material posessions. If you have a life, make the most of it with what little you have, and as time progresses, it will pay off. With that said, I hope I accomplished to inform teens to stop acting stupid and immature over their problems and never getting anywhere and to start dealing with it and actually getting”

Great advise…to the world at large. But don’t go off on a rant saying that these issues are isolated to the teenage world, that’s bullshit. What, you hit twenty and all these issues disappear? In insulting the teenagers at large you aren’t improving anyone, you’re only going to piss them off.

Life could be great if it were so simple as “deal with you’re damn issues”. People worldwide invest thousands of dollars in therapy to deal with their damn issues. Teenage life is just like adult life, but to make the sweeping generalization that all teens have some damn problem and just need to get over it is ridiculous and offensive.

If people learned good spending habits at a young age and were actually trained to act like human beings society wouldn’t be so screwed. So next time you’re having a moment, think before you bitch.

Elizabetta