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Hey Pandas, What’s Something Your Parents Don’t Or Didn’t Understand About Being A Teenager?
Or being a kid. Just generally.
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#1
That I would like to be alone sometimes. Like I would love to be alone in my room jamming to my music. Or gosh, even just cleaning and jamming alone. Also working by myself! I am horrible when it comes to working with people l. I'm very independent, and I love it but hate it because others just don't understand.
Final score:
8points
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#2
That sometimes I just want ONE DAY without siblings. I'm the oldest of four boys, and being the oldest means you are ALWAYS the most targeted. They always try to purposely annoy you, they never ever listen to you, and they're just the plain old worst part of my day most times. My parents are always like, "They look up to you," and "You need to be nicer to your brothers," and all the other sh*t. I just want one day, ONE DAY, without even SEEING my brothers.
Final score:
7points
*Displayname*=idk 2 years ago
Yes! I'm the second oldest in our family! I have 4 siblings, three of which are younger! They just get on my nerves like they are a playground!
#3
That sometimes, I don't have the energy to do anything. No, I'm not sick. Just tired. BuT YoU'rE To YoUnG To Be TiReD. Well you're too old to be alive but here we are.
Final score:
7points
#4
They don't understand that just talking to people won't cure my social anxiety. I've been told that I should just go out and get over it. Even though it sometimes looks like it's nonexistent, it is still a problem for me.
Final score:
7points
#5
I can be sick and still use my phone/Xbox. What else would I do? I have a cold, it's not like I'm dying in a hospital. I'm still sick but I can use my electronics anyway. :/
Final score:
6points
#6
Social media, parents if you ask them will always say no. Even though you typically know everything (sex, different parts, rude humor, etc) they still don’t let you. Like this if you agree.
Final score:
6points
#7
That just because someone " loves" me, that doesn't give them the right to practically mentally abusing me, and that I'm not wrong in wanting to distance from them. My mom just cant see how horrible my aunt really is
Final score:
5points
MacKenzie Moore 2 years ago
my mom can't see how bad she is either. I hope you get yourself figured out :)
#8
The need to start being independent and not be running my life for me.
Final score:
5points
#9
I'm gay. my mom genuinely thinks I just say that to be different, but in all actuality, I'm very much gay. she also believes it's a phase that will pass with time. (I am 3 years and counting!)
Final score:
4points
That nerd Zoe ️🇺🇦️ 2 years ago
YES OMG I tried to be like "I might be bi" when I was 9 and my mom said I won't feel that way until I'm 12 and I was just doing it for attention ofc. I told her again "im a lesbian" when I turned 12 and she would still ask me if I had a boyfriend. Tf?
#10
My mom didn't understand most businesses won't hire teens under 16 and that a teenager is not a "little adult" that doesn't need to be parented, cared for and loved.
Final score:
4points
#11
That I just want to be without my sister sometimes, and that Mom doesn't see her at her most annoying. And for some reason, she thinks that moving not only school's, but moving to a new town in a new state in highschool is going to be "fun".
And I would clean more, sometimes I just feel emotionally unavailable.
Final score:
3points
#12
Yeah I know you weren’t 100 pounds until high school and I know you didn’t get your period until freshman year, but that’s because your family was broke and couldn’t afford lots of healthy food and your parents didn’t get you junk food.
So please, stop judging my weight and the fact that I hit puberty earlier just because I was able to have 3 meals a day of heathy food. You married a rich guy, of course your kids will be better off and not malnutritioned.
Final score:
3points
#13
"AlL InTeRNet Is BaD." Like yes, the internet can be toxic, but it's also a way to destress yourself. As long as you aren't toxic and hate on others, the internet can be great for everyone.
Final score:
2points
#14
Not my parents but older relatives. Especially the ones I haven't see in a long time. They be like "oMg ur growing to become such a beautiful young woman. Do you have a boyfriend yet?". Every time without fail that question comes up within the first like 25 min of the conversation.
Final score:
2points
#15
That I don’t need them to volunteer
Final score:
2points
That nerd Zoe ️🇺🇦️ 2 years ago
I wish my parents would volunteer for stuff for me but they don't/won't/can't
#16
That i can't bring myself to do housework because I'm SO TIRED all the time where sometimes I say I forgot when in reality I just CAN'T... Sometimes I forget thought
Final score:
1point
#19
That sometimes I just want to be alone and chill... and every single time we get into an argument for some stupid reason that I'm not talking back to you, I'm trying to explain my reasoning
Final score:
0points
#20
I had the opposite problem. My parents understood all of it! I didn't get to do anything! Lol! I never got away with the slightest infraction.
Final score:
0points
#21
I was always exhausted in school because in our household we had cheap processed food. Sometimes no food at all. In elementary school I remember all we had was hotdogs in the freezer so my dad made me a "hotdog sandwich" on white bread with ketchup cause that's all we had and everyone made fun of my lunch. And then the times when I didn't have a lunch at all.
Final score:
0points
What do you think ?
urbibestie 1 year ago
that i'm literally a teenager. we're moody and misunderstood. and that it's not a phase and i'm not my parents. i'm my own person.
Dino (she/her) 2 years ago
“When I was your age…” I wish they understood that times change and the world is not the same one that they grew up in.
urbibestie 1 year ago
that i'm literally a teenager. we're moody and misunderstood. and that it's not a phase and i'm not my parents. i'm my own person.
Dino (she/her) 2 years ago
“When I was your age…” I wish they understood that times change and the world is not the same one that they grew up in.
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