Teenage Growing Pains and Parental Control

Heya, here’s a sensitive post. I say sensitive because it’s so close to home. Oh yeah, I was a pretty messed up teener with an attitude that can only be called… rebellious. Everyone goes through that, I think. And the rebellious nature shows through every now and then, whether by doing things that parents wouldn’t approve of or writing poetry. Yep, I should know. I am one of those who aren’t blind to the fact that teenagers have more clutter inside their skulls than normal and are probably worrying about more profound things than acne.

Anyway, I thought my generation was bad enough. What, with the alternative songs that talked about shouting out to the world and blasting at conventions? I thought the rebellious teener trend in the 90s was the main thing that we left behind (I mean after we, the generation X-ers, crossed over to the other side of adulthood… a.k.a family and conventions).

But, noooo….

The attitude of lashing back to the world and societal norms became a warped concept that led to the trend that we now see around us among teens.

The generation now call it emo, which by the way has the same elements as the stuff we had back then (goth make up, metal, alternative music, vampires etc…) BUT without the same attitude of wanting to shout out to the world that we are “unique” and “individual” and “brave”. Now, the kids have adopted a culture of self-pitying behavior.

Where did the “Craving-for-My-Independence-and-Wanting-Self-Reliance” attitude go? In the past, it’s about shoving a fist towards conventions and the world in general. Now, it’s all about taking all the negative energy in and wallowing in it.

Hopefully this emo thing doesn’t last and when my son’s on his rebellious phase, they’d be talking about wanting to break free from parental clutches and being their own person once again… which is WAAAYYY better than sulking and feeling bitter about not being able to break free.