Generation gap
When the child is young his parents are the best people in the world for him. But when the child is growing up this situation is slightly changing. Well, not so slightly. One day you simply find out that you want to kill your parents; that they are the most stupid people in the world and you just can?t understand how these terrible people can have so great and smart child like you. You can?t stand them; I think that I can say that sometimes you really hate them. This is the time of never ? ending arguments, scenes, prohibitions and sometimes of really nasty words.
But it is totally normal; our parents were in the same situation when they were in our age. The difference is (as I hear it regularly from my mom), that they weren?t so cheeky. ?In no case I couldn?t behave to my parents like this!? ? I think that the majority of us heard similar sentence. Or when you are younger child, you can hear ?do you think that if your sister would came with this to me in your age that I would let her to do it?? What I can say on this? Mom, sorry, but I?m not you and the times have changed and don?t compare me with my sister, I just want to know your present opinion, not the opinion three years old. And these arguments last for quite long time and without any solution.
The main reasons for argument are these: going to pubs, staying at your friends over the night, your hair ? colour (girl?s problem), your clothes, your friends (sometimes), spending your leisure time, helping at home, mess in your room, your marks? Problem which is more typical for girls is staying somewhere during the night or going to a friend?s cottage. (why I can?t go? ? I just think that it?s not the best idea ? is the answer) And when go somewhere, you hear: where do you go, with who do you go, how long will you be there, when you?ll come back and so on.
I have to say that not all parents are like this, I?ve got some friends who are younger than me and they can do want they want to from their 15 years. Some of them abuse this and some not. But now I don?t envy them, I can see that their character isn?t the best.
Another difference is created by the age of the parents. It?s different if your parents had you when they were 20 or 40 years old. I know people in both categories. I can?t decide if one of them has some big advantage or disadvantage. Maybe the communication with young parents is better, they understand more to your problem, and they remember the same situation from their growing up. The old parents can prohibit you more things, one reason can be that they are very different generation or that they very fear for you.
I think that relations between adults and teenagers are about communication and about the mutual tolerance and understanding.