Should teenagers be given more responsibility? Why or why not? Provide evidence of yo

[widdowmaker]

Should teenagers be given more responsibility? Why or why not? Provide evidence of your opion.


i got 45 min to do this jornal and google turns up nothing. I say HELL NO but i need to find evidence of screw ups. Any ideas? HURRY!


(for english class. we use computers and micro word. I REALLY need some evidence!)

 

[Dralix]

If I do your homework for you, will you do my job for me?

 

[widdowmaker]

Draxlix. I googled it. I cant find ANYTHING. All i need is a link. OR somthing to use as a keyword. I jus need evidence of a teenager having power. ANd abusing it, or screwing around with it. IT coudl be from acient rome or any tiem era. BUt i CAN NOT find ANYTHING on the subject. Just needed some help. Not you doing it for me.

 

[Ancient Grudge]

Why should i help you with your work get of your own arse adn do something constructive dont just use goggle thats cutting down your options alot widen your search paramerters dont be so specific then maybe you might come up with something...... oh wait i just helped you damn myself

 

[Dralix]

Think lower tech. Do you have any friends/siblings/alternate personalities that have ever "screwed up"? Heard or read anything in the news? Can you speak from personal experience? The question is asking you what your opinion is, and then asking you why you feel that way. You've said your opinion is "no." Well ... why?

Some suggestions ...

Ever been behind the wheel of a fast car and "screwed up" (a guy at my high school drove a Mustang into a house, happened to be the house of one of our friends)

Ever know someone who's parents went out of town and he threw a party that was busted up by the cops? Waterbed slashed? Dog got stoned? Fights?

I'm sure you can come up with some other examples of teenagers abusing power just by thinking of yourself and your friends.

 

[widdowmaker]

Me and my freinds are suprisingly tame. We dont party we dont go out. We dont drive fast. We slow down when within 100 feet of a pedestrain. We are really cautious(spl?). Never been in a fight. And that IS my opion, but i need evidence to support it. Like a 13 year old king murdering someone over a turnip. Somthing like that (links and quotes get extra credit.) Good sugestions, but i simply cant find anything. And we are talking bout positions of power (ie president, kings, sec of defense, ect.). And there is NOTHING about teenagers in those positions at all through history.


Does anyone know of any kings or queens or rulers that were young form the past? How old was king tut and what did he do? I ask because you all play civ and tend to know this stuff. I also play but i dotn research the civs. *sigh* i supose i will just take whatever grade i get. .

First time google has ever failed me.

 

[Flak]

That's a toughy researchwise. I can give you personal anecdote. My mom had to raise my brother and I as a single parent, when I turned six. She had to work crazy hours, often sixty or seventy hours a week, doing all of this while raising two children alone. When I was ten, she decided I had to start taking on the responsibilities of the home. She made me start cooking, and being as we were within short walking distance of the local supermarket, she made take over the shopping. I eventually had to take over keeping the entire household in order while taking care of my brother as well (he had, and still has medical problems).

Let me tell you, by the time I moved out at the age of nineteen, I could cook better than everybody I knew, including my mom. I had a perfect understanding of a household budget. People thought in high school that I was senior when I was just a sophomore! I earned a lot of maturity and it paid off in huge dividends later on in my life.

One question you should ask is: If a person doesn't take on more responsibilities as a teenager, then when? In their twenties? They have to be taken care of like children until they are in their twenties? Is that realistic? Does that even make sense? Young people have to learn how to live in the real world on their own at some point. That means taking care for yourself and your own living conditions as well as often taking care for the living conditions of others. We aren't born with all of those abilities. They have to be taught, and learned.

Good luck.

 

[Flak]

Do a search on 'house key children' or 'latch key children'. Maybe that will turn up something.

BTW, I got into LOTS of fights as a youth all the way up until I was sixteen. Otherwise, I was a pretty good kid.

 

[thestonesfan]

Less freedom, more responisbility!

 

[Dralix]

Originally posted by widdowmaker
And that IS my opion, but i need evidence to support it.

Asking someone else for evidence to support your opinion is somewhat strange. I understand that you want links to get a better grade, but more important than that, in my opinion anyway, is why do you have that opinion? That is something that you need to ask and answer yourself.

 

[Flak]

An article for teens to just be teens while they can. I actually like some of the things this article has to say. I was involved in a lot of different things growing up. Lots of clubs and sports, while juggling homework and home. I finally caught a nice bad case of senioritis my last semester of high school. No track, except weightlifting (which was super laid back), only one club (that barely involved any time). For the first time in my high school life, I had time to do things that teens are supposed to do, like just hang out with friends or veg in front of the TV, or skip school. It was a great time and I wouldn't have done it any differently. But there has to be balance. You have to learn to be an adult at some point.

Another link from a different cultural perspective. A quote:

Studies show that latch-key children are more likely to indulge in smoking, alcohol and drugs. But it is also obvious that these children are more responsible and helpful at home.

These are just a couple of brief results from a Yahoo search using keywords 'latch key teenagers'.


One thing I'd like to add is the advantages I had because I was so responsible. For one thing, I never had a curfew. My mom had so much trust in me that as long as I set my own time, and made it in by then (which I always did), it was cool. Another good thing is that since I was shopping and cooking, I NEVER had to eat anything I didn't like, even if I had to cook it for everybody else. Not one thing. Ever. That means disgusting brussel sprouts .

I also basically stopped being punished around sixteen. My mom just started talking to me and relating me when she didn't like something I'd done. It was easy to do since I understood the burdens of having to care for others. This made growing up a lot easier in my opinion, although I only have the references of seeing how my friends lived.

Not having her around was kind of rough sometimes. But I did have my brother always. I think I would have been terribly lonely without that. That's something that should always be considered.