There are some household duties that typically constitute a kid’s chores; cleaning your room, taking out the trash, and doing the dishes are chores kids of any age can do. Cooking dinner every night for your entire family is typically not one of them, but that was a chore assigned to a 16-year-old boy with …
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Categoría:teens
‘She believes I inflicted trauma on her’: Mother hides daughter’s college acceptance and scholarship from her, accuses her of traumatizing her for being angry about it
«Trauma» can be a dime a dozen these days. There are a lot of people out there who will use traumatic experiences as an excuse for acting badly instead of doing to hard thing of working through said trauma. I think that’s one of the biggest problems with our modern conception of mental health. Identifying …
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‘An epidemic of 9-13 year old girls shopping at Sephora’: Older gens bemoan loss of ‘tween culture’
I remember being a tween so vividly I almost feel like I’m still one. It’s perhaps the most formative time in our lives– when we grow out of kid stuff and start to figure out what kind of teen/adult we’re going to be. During that time, I started to listen to music that wasn’t my …
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Movie Theater Makes Teen Work Exorbitant Hours For Thanksgiving Weekend, Her Parents Make Her Quit
If there’s one group that is easy to take advantage of in the workplace, it’s teenagers. Sure, there might be some pesky child labor laws keeping bosses from treating them like late 19th-century factory workers, but the ethos of that era often still rings true. I remember the first day of my first job. I …
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Teachers Discuss How They Deal With Rowdy Middle School Boys
I don’t think it’s a controversial statement that middle school boys are the worst. I luckily only had to deal with them for a couple of years (shoutout to absolute menaces to society, Alex and Luke). Still, some unfortunate adults have made entire careers out of trying to control this demographic. Bless their hearts. There …
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Teen Gets Kicked Out of Cafe For Reading Without Buying Anything, Sparks Discussion About Diminishing Third Spaces
It’s not easy being a teenager. There are only so many places you can go, and most require buying something. When I was a teen, I spent a lot of time at the bookstore and the movie theater because those were some of the only places in the town square where you could hang out …
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Daughter Comes Clean to Her Dad About Crashing His Car 10 Years Ago, Sparking a Giggle-Fit That Only a Parent Would Understand
Teenagers misbehave every now and then. Back when we were teens ourselves, whenever we got away with something particularly bad-to-the-bone, we certainly didn’t make a fuss about it to our parents. But have you ever gotten away with something you felt guilty about? Perhaps your parents never found out that you were swapping their back-shelf …
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24 Unapologetic Memes for Parents Raising Teens
Have you apologized to your teen for ruining their life by asking them to do their own laundry once? Have you learned a great many deal of things from the all-knowing teenager in your home? Do you have to take a deep breathe almost every single time you have a conversation with your teen—IF you …
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‘I think you should go to the back of the line’: Woman wins petty encounter with her high school bully
This woman is moving on from all her school drama. As the OP, u/tryingclosetomybest, shared to r/pettyrevenge, she finally got the last laugh with a man who bullied her all throughout high school. Bullies can make life incredibly challenging for any young person, especially during their formative years. In school, it’s easy for kids to …
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Puritan Claims Parents Shouldn’t Have Intercourse In The Same House As Their Kids
Do you ever think that the internet was a mistake? Does it ever cross your mind that perhaps teenagers shouldn’t be allowed to be on Twitter? Does the new pervasiveness of anti-sex puritanism amongst young people concern you? If you answered yes to any of those questions, have I got the Twitter main character for …
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