A Tangle of Discourses: Girls
Negotiating Adolescence
REBECCA C. RABY
“Many grandmothers presumed the
characterizations to be fact, with the caveat that some teens, including their
grandchildren, are not social problems. Jan suggested that today’s teens are
rude and lack respect. Claire said that teens are scary, insolent, promiscuous,
spoiled, insufficiently controlled and not religious enough.”
I believe that things are
changing. My parents tell me that things are not the same as when they were growing,
in some aspect I believe it’s true. I believe
that the media could be blamed but not for all.
Like Claire said “are scary, insolent, promiscuous, spoiled, insufficiently
controlled and not religious enough” I don’t believe this is true. In my
believe I think it’s all how children are raised and parents have some fault to
it. Teens could be controlled it the matter how you handle it. I remember when I
was younger if my parents could not afford something I was not getting it. But in
the other hand if the parent gives the child everything they want of course
they are going to be spoiled. I believe that teens could be controlled it’s the
way you speak to them.
“Beatrice claimed that teens get
into more trouble today than they did in the past. Some attributed these
problems to wider social tensions and media influence, others lamented the lack
of parental discipline.”
I agree with Beatrice teens do get
into more trouble now than before but I believe is because there are more
things out there. I believe that everything before was hush hush. But now teens
do see more things for instance like drugs and violence. But I do believe that
kid need to experience certain things in order to grow. I never did any drugs
or got into any fights because I knew there were consequences. I knew that I would
get disciplined. But some kid get into fight and do a lot of things because they
now they are no consequences. But when kid get order they grow out of things
and see they are better things to spend their time on.
