I have wondered how much of it is hormones versus peer pressure and how that is played up in sitcoms. Herd mentality and Hollywood have made this quite blown out of proportion.
I have long believed that teenagers should be cryogenically frozen, during their adolescent years, and only thawed out, and released into society, when they’ve reached maturation !
Lynn’s Notes:I wanted to be a teenager so badly. Ten wasn’t good enough, and twelve was agonizingly close. When I finally added the “teen” to my age, I felt I had achieved something wonderful. I know I had an attitude. Like all my friends, I suffered the ups and downs of fitting into a new body with all the hormones raging. But it was a time of great positivity as well. I guess it was confidence that made being thirteen so wonderful. I had a supportive and loving family, I was doing well in school, I had confidence, education and security. I never knew how lucky I was.
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Yes I wanted to be too, but my expectations were lowered till they were meaningless.
The young ones make great pets. Just make sure you get rid of them before they mature. Believe me, the last thing you want is a human teenager running around your house.
It’s said that at a young age parents know everything and are very smart! Boy do they get dumb as you enter the teens! As you enter adulthood, They suddenly get smart again (although not quite as smart as they were when you were very young)11
When you have kids you’ll go thru the same ups and downs in brightness as your parents did!!
I often wondered if my daughter would live to see 18 with all the stuff she got into. Exhausted me trying to keep one step ahead of her to try and keep her safe. I shudder to think of all the stuff that got past me and, 16 years later, I still don’t want to know.At 17, it was like she finally turned the corner and became a decent, responsible human being finally…
Parents get back what they do. If you treat your children with respect and upbeat caoching as well as following thier interests in a good way. Just because the parent doesn’t like what their kid wants to do, doesn’t make it wrong, or stupid, or a waste of time and money. Show them in a positive way.
Michael is only 11 years old at this point in the comic strip. Elly and John (and their writer) are apparently too stupid to know how old their kid is.
The English used to have a solution -…You could send them off on a Navy ship when they were thirteen to the south seas or wherever and they might show up again in four or five years….I met a kid In Hong Kong 1963 who joined the Navy when he was sixteen -H.M.S VICTORIOUS
It’s funny how most of the comments are directed at teenagers as if the posters were never teenagers themselves.Im not being critical,I get it, I think if I had the chance for a do-over in life I would skip the teen years,and go right to the good stuff. Actually,except for the health issues,I think I’m enjoying my 60’s most of all.
W.C. Fields said it right…..Do you like children…“Yes if their cooked properly”And ALA TRUMP…Do you like children?“Yes , young girl children about eighteen or nineteen years old”….Amazing what he got away with….Like Trump……
Templo S.U.D. over 7 years ago
oh, the dreaded time in every human being’s life: the arrival of adolescence
GirlGeek Premium Member over 7 years ago
Maybe I’m one of the exceptions but my Mom and I got along during my teenage years.
summerdog86 over 7 years ago
Puberty hormones tend to do that to a person.
USN1977 over 7 years ago
I have wondered how much of it is hormones versus peer pressure and how that is played up in sitcoms. Herd mentality and Hollywood have made this quite blown out of proportion.
dwdl21 over 7 years ago
RUN FOR THE HILLS!! LOL
Linguist over 7 years ago
I have long believed that teenagers should be cryogenically frozen, during their adolescent years, and only thawed out, and released into society, when they’ve reached maturation !
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
Lynn’s Notes:I wanted to be a teenager so badly. Ten wasn’t good enough, and twelve was agonizingly close. When I finally added the “teen” to my age, I felt I had achieved something wonderful. I know I had an attitude. Like all my friends, I suffered the ups and downs of fitting into a new body with all the hormones raging. But it was a time of great positivity as well. I guess it was confidence that made being thirteen so wonderful. I had a supportive and loving family, I was doing well in school, I had confidence, education and security. I never knew how lucky I was.
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Yes I wanted to be too, but my expectations were lowered till they were meaningless.
David Rickard Premium Member over 7 years ago
The young ones make great pets. Just make sure you get rid of them before they mature. Believe me, the last thing you want is a human teenager running around your house.
Red Hatter Dee over 7 years ago
2 four letter words in a row: teen ager. ARGH!
Great Wizard Nala over 7 years ago
It’s said that at a young age parents know everything and are very smart! Boy do they get dumb as you enter the teens! As you enter adulthood, They suddenly get smart again (although not quite as smart as they were when you were very young)11
When you have kids you’ll go thru the same ups and downs in brightness as your parents did!!
Lagoulou over 7 years ago
I often wondered if my daughter would live to see 18 with all the stuff she got into. Exhausted me trying to keep one step ahead of her to try and keep her safe. I shudder to think of all the stuff that got past me and, 16 years later, I still don’t want to know.At 17, it was like she finally turned the corner and became a decent, responsible human being finally…
route66paul over 7 years ago
Parents get back what they do. If you treat your children with respect and upbeat caoching as well as following thier interests in a good way. Just because the parent doesn’t like what their kid wants to do, doesn’t make it wrong, or stupid, or a waste of time and money. Show them in a positive way.
jppjr over 7 years ago
I remember on my 13th birthday my Mom jokingly said “Now you’re one of ‘those things’”….it went well though.
howtheduck over 7 years ago
Michael is only 11 years old at this point in the comic strip. Elly and John (and their writer) are apparently too stupid to know how old their kid is.
Frankly Scarlett over 7 years ago
Couldn’t have said it better myself! My sentiments ex actly! Thanks
Frankly Scarlett over 7 years ago
I’ve had 3 “of those things” in my lifetime and I (Still ) wonder “who ever told me I WANTED to be a parent?!?!?”
hsawlrae over 7 years ago
Teach the little punk RESPECT !
Linguist over 7 years ago
This generation of adolescents aren’t teenagers. They’re screenagers !
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 7 years ago
Mark Twain said, "Put ’em in a barrel and feed them thru the bunghole. When they reach 18. drive in the bung.
chain gang charlie over 7 years ago
The English used to have a solution -…You could send them off on a Navy ship when they were thirteen to the south seas or wherever and they might show up again in four or five years….I met a kid In Hong Kong 1963 who joined the Navy when he was sixteen -H.M.S VICTORIOUS
hcarpenter1 over 7 years ago
i find that all of your kids are brats. more so that little lizzie kid
NotNurmal over 7 years ago
Ah yes, the teen years…years of attitude&moody blues! lol
Alphaomega over 7 years ago
It’s funny how most of the comments are directed at teenagers as if the posters were never teenagers themselves.Im not being critical,I get it, I think if I had the chance for a do-over in life I would skip the teen years,and go right to the good stuff. Actually,except for the health issues,I think I’m enjoying my 60’s most of all.
chain gang charlie over 7 years ago
W.C. Fields said it right…..Do you like children…“Yes if their cooked properly”And ALA TRUMP…Do you like children?“Yes , young girl children about eighteen or nineteen years old”….Amazing what he got away with….Like Trump……
JP Steve Premium Member over 7 years ago
I was a pretty mellow teenager — than I hit my twenties and made up for lost time!
alxzba over 7 years ago
it happens to most in late adolescence/early teens - called “permanent cool” - luckily, it wears off.