Do you think us teens have a bad reputation?

Question

I mean have you ever felt like your parents think you are out to do drugs and have s*x , even if you have never even thought about it.

especially with all the media and stuff?

Answer 1

i no rite? im 12 and wen im w my friend (who is pretty okay on things) my mom thinks we r gunna like do smthin bad even though we are good people???

Answer 2

eh sort of i think my parents think i'm like every other teen and they are way overprotective because they fear that i will do stupid things like most teens but i'm better than that and dint drink or do drugs or have s*x

Answer 3

well our generation is probably one of the worst yet. you can thank all of the "gangsters" (haha) and s***s that run around and do stupid things without using common sense.  

Answer 4

ever since i became a teen my mom had accused me of having s*x all the way up until 16 then i finally gave up and went ahead and did it but yes i think parents just are waiting to hear that we are doing wrong i was a very good kid

Answer 5

did you seriously just relize this?

lol yeah all teens have a bad rep

walk into any small store (alone or with friends) and watch the salesperson watch you the entire time cause she thinks your gonna steal something.

its even worse if you have any form of facial piercing, crazy hair or dress kinda different

adults suck

:D  

Answer 6

Yes

Health class teaches drugs, acohal, and s*x. Less then 5% of the population will die of those three causes. 50% will have cardiac disease the don't even mention the heart though. Why? Because they think teenagers are drinking beer doing drugs and having s*x.  

Try holding a baby in a supermarket for 5 minutes I guarantee everyone will glare at you because they think you "sleep around," regardless of whether the baby is yours. Why? Because you are a teenager.

Try walking into a store and having a employee follow you around because you are a teenagers

So to answer your question teenagers have a bad reputation due to a few bad teenagers and alot of media attention.  

Answer 7

YES and it's annoying and judgemental. My step sister is a mess. She's a pothead and is on her way to a teen pregnancy. And she snuck out and got caught, so now my mom (her step mom) won't even let me sleep in the basement with my friends (my bed is tiny and our basement is nice). It's obvious I'm nothing like her, but I think parents just want to keep their babies safe. So I guess you can't really blame them.

They just read and hear about all these teenagers getting pregnant and overdosing. My mom read about "emos" and I got in the car from school and she immediately reached for my wrist, but was then relieved when I was cut free. I was actually a little dissapointed that she thinks I would even consider that. I love my life [:

Answer 8

Yes, i really think we have a bad reputation thanks to some teenagers who think they can do whatever they want. I have never had a sip of alchol and i have never had s*x but my parents are freaking out because ONE girl in my school is pregnant.

Answer 9

Sort of. Parents always expect the worst! I was just listening to Yahoo! Music, and my mom came in and was like "are you illegally downloading stuff?" But I think that for every generation, parents think their kids are bad. But I think that everyone thinks this is the worst yet! (I was watching this thing on TV, and parents were complaining about how this generation is bad and stuff.) But so is life!

Answer 10

But thats reality.

Your parents are going to worry about you pretty much all your life, even if they know that you are a good kid they have to think about all the bad stuff out there, even when it comes to thinking about themselves. Your parents love you and want whats best for you, but not every kid follows the rules, which is a shame, but its life. I think it does have something to do with the media a little bit, after all if it can happen to a big rich and famous star then its sure to happen to some teenagers.

Its all about the trust system :)

Answer 11

Yup !!

Answer 12

That's just how parents are. No matter how much of a goody-two-shoes someone can possibly be, you have to think of all the bad things that are out there that could cause harm to their children.

In my opinion, it's better to have a parent(s) that worry about their kids than one that doesn't.