Okay so what is it with our teens these days and drugs, not to mention the drinking and the sex. It wasn't long ago that I was a teen myself and man have things changed. I am 24 years old, not much older then the teens today (well to them they may think so). I was on Myspace the other day, well someone I know has a daughter who is 14 years old. She has a boyfriend, stays at his house, and "Loves him" and he is 17 years old. Is it extreme of me to believe a 14 year old has no business calling a 17 year old their boyfriend? What happened to the days of barbies, and cooties? There are girls at 14 that look like they are 20. There are children who are pregnant, and again why not when parents allow them to have boyfriends and look like they are 20. There are appropriate ways for young teens to act, dress, and hold themselves. But really who is to blame? The Parents? The Teachers? The Kids???
Parents wonder why their teens are getting arrested, getting drunk, and doing drugs. Well who is stopping them? I don't see the parents doing it. Do parents not understand what they did at that age and try a little harder to prevent that from happening to their own children. I wasn't even allowed to date til I was 16, and that is just ludicrous nowadays! I believe parents need to step up to the plate and start being parents. There are actually parents out there that allow this type of behaviour. Allowing teens to stay home and drink with the excuse that it is safer, why not try to avoid them doing it in the first place. Step up, be parents, your teens have enough friends, they don't need another one, they need someone who will guide them, and correct them.
To think that kids are going out and doing drugs or drinking or having sex and not realizing the dangers of them, and they can cause harm to themselves, gain a bad reputation, or it could even be fatal. Kids don't know these things, and unfortunately I don't see parents stepping up and telling them what should and should not be done.
So what does everyone think, is this due to parents? Teachers?? Kids?? Television?? What is causing our future leaders to go down the wrong path, that leads to nowhere??
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