Why are teens feeling like the home is the last remaining place to enjoy Democracy in this Police Nation ?

Question

American teens have a lot of luxuries so why do they feel they must stay indoors or they'll be sorry.

America is a Police Nation. there is a law for everything. and almost everything is a crime. if you do something people don't like. a new law is created.

there are so many laws here you can't even live life without a law degree.

as soon as you step out the door you are breaking some laws in America. it just a matter of time before you are seen breaking one of the many laws in this Police Nation. teens are staying just stay at home!

America teens feel like prisoners to their homes.

being born in America. i was taught that the rest of the world is living in h**l. But i traveled on business and found this was not the case in over 100 countries.

when i travel to different countries i don't see teens scared to be teens like you see in the states. police in USA complain they feel like older people don't want young people to enjoy being young . why is there a war on youth

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Answer 1

I disagree with everything you have said, except for not learning about other countries. America only shows what they want to (the bad stuff) about other countries. America is not a Police Nation to me. More laws are needed...when did you last take a look around, cause last time i looked sh*t is pretty screwed up! Criminals everywhere...dealing drugs, prostituting, child abuse, it's rampant...like a darn plague.

Answer 2

MY TWO TEENS KILLED THEMSELVES.

because they felt like their was nothing for teens to do.

they felt like they were punished for being young.

i grew up in the 60's. we did have so much fun. we enjoyed life.

now, everyone that i know is the very ones saying we need all these new restrictions.

in my day. when people restricted us. we protested.

i am sad to loose my children.

i understand your pain. i share it with you.

adults are speaking about how they feel and think. they don't care about what their children are going through.

i see a lot of parents acting like little dictators instead of supporters.

maybe, the ME generation i came from was the problem. we did everything for the self. now, we don't even understand our children. we only care that teens do what we say.

if my teens were alive. i would pack up and move to Brazil were you can still be a teen without all the laws. people think that no other country is making it except America. well, most of our products come from other countries. so they must be doing just fine. despite our arrogance that no one but America came make it..

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Answer 3

My home was never a democracy when I had teens. It was a dictatorship, with Mom and Dad the dictators. Our house rules and curfews were not up for debate or vote.

I find it difficult to believe that someone who sounds as young as you do has been in "over 100" countries. USA teens arent afraid to be teens, they want to bypass childhood entirely and move right into adulthood without having any idea what that really is.

Answer 4

one of my teen boys feel uncomfortable being outside just enjoying his neighborhood. if he is outside he has to be in a car or going somewhere very specific. he will not leave his yard unless he is in a car or i (his dad) or his mom is with him.

i raised my son to go to church and respect older people and the law.

i live in the suburbs. its not every much to do out here for teens. i thought this was a good place to raise children. but what i have learned is that its a little too good. when my children became teens. i did not realize they were extremely bored. it was like they were being tortured with boredom.

so i encouraged my teen to spend more time outside. find sports to paly or anything. he took my advice and hung out more playing baseball and other sports.

then one day a police officer pulled up and asked what he and 3 other teammates were doing. after that my son felt like he was guilty for just spending time with friends. and he isn't the only one. one of the other boys is having a problem going outside as well. my son was raised to respect the law.

he feels if he goes outside people may get angry with him. people don't want teens to hang out. when they walk up the street homeowners look out their windows.

me and my wife are thinking of moving to another country so my teen can have a normal life. i don't want him to be awkward because he felt like if he hangs out like all teens have done throughout time. that he is some how a bad person.

i agree we treat our property like its our god. but treat our children like they are dogs with no soul or personality.

i took my teen to counseling. its not working. whatever that police said. really traumatized him.

i feel responsible. i feel like i let my son down. i had no idea that all the laws i supported to protect my son when he was a baby. would only come back to haunt him when he became a teen.

i did not realize their is a cause-n-effect to everything. nothing is so simple.

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Answer 5

Teens have always complained that life is unfair; pretty much every generation has believed life was out to get them.

But, what you are saying, doesn't just apply to teens... New laws that seem to appeal to the minority, do not just affect teens; in fact, there are plenty you'll have to deal with, once you become a full-fledged adult.

Answer 6

understanding the cause-n-effect of what you do is important.

a lot of people don't think about the long term effect of what they do.

for example : all the police that beat on activist for protesting. don't realize that they are making things bad for their children. because their children may be repressed if no one is out there protesting to ensure that freedoms are maintained. they are scaring people away from protesting. that cause is going to have a bad effect on their the police's own children. but they don't see it like that. they are just doing their job. and their job is having the effect of hurting their own children.

for example : yes, we are scared and think we are going to get hurt everyday we step outside. but if you create all these laws to have 20 different patrols cars going up and down your community every hour. of course they are going to harass your teens. that is the effect of the cause.

now, children are staying in more. an indoor lifestyle is becoming more of the norm.

personally, i am in my mid 20's. i don't even like to spend time in my community either unless i am going somewhere specific. i feel like that teen of the previsous parent.

its to uncomfortable being outside and with all the new laws constantly being created. i can't keep up.

the internet is my best friend. wii (gaming system) is my exercise. movies is my entertainment. and i shop on line. i even have my groceries delivered. i feel a lot less stress in the home.

i used to go out to the bar every now and then to socialize. when i get back to the car tickets are given to every car. the police presence makes me feel like i should not be in that environment.

you get arrested and some states take DNA off you. it is just not worth all the pain for being out and about in America.

.a lot of my co-workers feel the same way.

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Answer 7

Because America is a war loving country, even against it's own citizens.  It will only get worse, unless we start encouraging rebellion and start teaching how things CAN be.