+298 I hate how adults are ultimately thought to be more superior to kids and teens. We have some amazing points and ideas. Why does the number of years you have lived on this earth have to do with anything? Amirite?

by Anonymous 15 years ago

One word: Experience. I still agree with you overall though.

by Anonymous 15 years ago

You're so right I mean, kids and teens are open minded, adults are not. And what it takes to create new things is open mindness, therefore kids and teens should have their voices heard.

by Anonymous 15 years ago

You are very stereotypical. I agree that we should have a say in things, but some adults are open minded.

by Anonymous 15 years ago

I concur. Adults just think that we're imbeciles, and just wanna party all the time. When, in reality, most of us are pretty smart. (:

by Anonymous 15 years ago

As a teenager, i completely disagree. Experience does matter. We should listen to the people who have been around longer.

by Anonymous 15 years ago

i agree with chromana and anonymous. there's a reason you expect more from an adult than you do from a 9 or 19 year old. that doesn't mean you should expect nothing from kids, but ultimately, an adult is better for more tasks than a kid is.

by Anonymous 15 years ago

Depends on the adult. There are a lot of fuck-ups in the world. There are exceptional youths, far greater than many adults. There are exceptional adults, far greater than any exceptional youth. For every great person, there is an equally great fuck-up. Age does not imply maturity. Age does not imply skill. Maturity implies maturity. Skill implies skill.

by Anonymous 15 years ago

Experience, maturity...

by Anonymous 15 years ago

more superior...? a little redundant...

by Anonymous 15 years ago

Food for thought: everything the younger generation knows or thinks they know comes, in one form or another, from the older generation. Even the personal opinions formed by the OP (which s/he seems to think so highly of) are shaped by morals, ideals, and values passed on by the older generation. Now, I'm not saying that the older generation has nothing to learn from the younger, but it's only limited to what a master can learn from an apprentice.

by Anonymous 15 years ago

Overall, 30 year olds know more than 29 year olds, who know more than 28 year olds, and so on.

by Anonymous 15 years ago

I agree. I wouldn't go as far as Chromana assuming that you're talking about things that are way out there. But, for example, I proved to my mother that I'm more financially responsible than her & that my Iq was higher than her's when I was 14 (by a lot) all to prove I was ready to take drivers edand get a job. She denied me it because she said I wasn't smart or responsible enough yet -.-'

by Anonymous 14 years ago

While I admire your tenacity, I'm afraid you're just wrong. I used to think as you do, but now I'm 24 and actually as I get older I'm finding that I know less and less about just about everything. Life teaches you humility and experience puts things in perspective. Teens know nothing because most of them live in a bubble. Remember what some philosopher once said, wisest is he who knows that he does not know!

by Anonymous 14 years ago