teenagers

[littlesqueek68]

why do teenagers think they are smarter than their parents these days?

[CharmedPhoenix]

I knew I was/am smarter than my mom.  Today technology is racing ahead so fast, most parents can't keep up with what's second nature for the kids. 

[blondie71]

They may be smarter with the new technology but when it comes to common sence they are lacking and its not all teenagers but a lot of the once I come across.  The trick with children is teaching them when they are young and they learn the deep respect for you when they become teenagers.  But when I was a teenager I thought my parents where to strick at times and had double standards.  My brother and I are only 10 months apart and they would let him do things and go places but I couldn't they said it was because he was a boy and I was a girls.  But we all have times that we are or think we are smarter than our parents wouldn't all you agree.

[raven1114]

I knew I was/am smarter than my mom.  Today technology is racing ahead so fast, most parents can't keep up with what's second nature for the kids. 

There is more to intelligence than just being able to work a computer. Like common sense. I've known many people who were technology savvy but were complete idiots when it came to common sense. 

[falcon9]

I knew I was/am smarter than my mom.  Today technology is racing ahead so fast, most parents can't keep up with what's second nature for the kids. 

There is more to intelligence than just being able to work a computer. Like common sense. I've known many people who were technology savvy but were complete idiots when it came to common sense. 

Indeed there is.  There are quite a few teens, (and younger kids), who are very proficient with computers but, lack a more broad-based intelligence.

[Sendmicheck]

I have teenagers and sometimes they think they know it all. 

[cateyes1]

ok now i'm going to get in trouble for this lol, but lay off the teenagers we were there once and didnt WE all think we knew it all, comeon admit it now 

[kaitsilva]

I am not a teenager but I wasn't one long ago. The thing that always kills me about posts like these is that older adults, by asking "Why do teenagers think they're smarter than their parents?" seem to imply that when they were teenagers, they were perfect and respectful at all times. However, I've learned from my own parents and many others out there that, while times were different, teenagers were certainly not angels in prior generations!

The teenage years are a time when you're meant to question the life you live. It's the time when you discover who you are and what you want to do with your life. I think one of the major flaws in parents is that they assume that THEY are always right and there's no alternatives to their narrow-minded thinking. Teens aren't wrong if they think differently than their parents. In fact, parents are wrong if they think their teens should think exactly like them. It leaves no room for individuality or growth (and there's nothing worse than a momma's boy/girl!  )

[Cuppycake]

I guess I was very lucky. My daughter was a really good teenager. She did ask for things I couldn't afford and I would tell her "you can't get blood from a turnip" and she didn't get it then lol but she sure as hell does now !

[Tresbn00]

MY two teenagers may think they are smarter than me but they don't vocalize it because we brought them up to be respectful and humble.  I have only raised my hand to one of them once and that was because he was harming an innocent creature during a fit of rage and I knew that speaking to him in a reasonable manner wouldn't have accomplished immediate results needed to leave the creature unharmed.  I consider my kids to be brilliant but they do realize that a different kind of wisdom comes with age and that there is a seemingly infinite amount of knowledge to be uncovered.

[derrick12480]

These days? kids have been thinking they're smarter than their parents forever. It's true to an extent. Book smarts that is. Not smart on a maturity level though. That's only becuase when you're in school you're learning it right then but after we forget some of those things learned.

[melinder]

In some ways kids are smarter then their parents but overall parents know so much more about life and the real things that matter

[sarabel]

Because they have no selfe confidence , kidding. haa

[dell9031]

these days??  Its always been like that generation to generation.....

[luvh8tragedy87]

I am not a teenager but I wasn't one long ago. The thing that always kills me about posts like these is that older adults, by asking "Why do teenagers think they're smarter than their parents?" seem to imply that when they were teenagers, they were perfect and respectful at all times. However, I've learned from my own parents and many others out there that, while times were different, teenagers were certainly not angels in prior generations!

The teenage years are a time when you're meant to question the life you live. It's the time when you discover who you are and what you want to do with your life. I think one of the major flaws in parents is that they assume that THEY are always right and there's no alternatives to their narrow-minded thinking. Teens aren't wrong if they think differently than their parents. In fact, parents are wrong if they think their teens should think exactly like them. It leaves no room for individuality or growth (and there's nothing worse than a momma's boy/girl!  )

Yes, thank you. It wasn't too long ago that I was a teenager and all I wanted to do was just be an adult. And a lot of the time I was just frustrated, with a lot of things.