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- whereisian, on 10/12/2007, -7/+88"just like we were"
Should be "just like we are, were and will be"
People are people. We're all doing stupid ***** everyday - part of being human. - TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -13/+79"Teens smoke, take drugs, have unprotected sex and ride with drunk drivers". Thanks for the stereotyping. As a teenager I'm tired of these doctors trying to figure us out. They always lump us and our behaviors together into one general term. "Teenagers". We're never given credit for any of our possitive attributes.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+51Hell, I did none of that stuff while I was a teenager. It wasn't until I reached my 20's that I started smoking pot and womanized, haven't looked back since.
- unamas, on 10/12/2007, -11/+46they do stupid things because they're stupid... just like we were.
- Anliz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+35This just in: Teens haven't experienced as many things as adults have and thus have to think harder about the risks and consequences
- mcheddadi, on 10/12/2007, -12/+36TEENS = EMO
I wish my lawn was emo, so it would cut itself - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+28So you're saying they're wrong? That the teenage group doesn't engage in more high risk activities as a whole?
Not from what I see at my school. The teen age group is especially vulnerable to stupidity- i'll admit that. - KissTheRing, on 10/12/2007, -6/+22Teens, hell plenty of adults do all of that stuff too, what's their excuse?
- AmishRefugee, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18being cool > making good decisions
...anyway, that's fairly obvious, many teenagers do whatever they can to fit in and it isn't hard to get them to admit to that. - whereisian, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19Screw!
Sex! - AnteChronos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14"The problem is you have to make the mistakes to learn from them."
Not really. Someone who's observant enough can easily learn from the mistakes of others, thus avoiding the need to make the same mistakes themselves. Admittedly, this is hard to do. You have to get past the whole "I'm smarter than those losers, so things won't end up as badly for me" attitude, but it *can* be done. - headzoo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15That's the trick. Adults have "been down that road before" and know where it ends. So they don't make the same stupid mistakes.
The problem is you have to make the mistakes to learn from them. Hopefully you come out alive and with all your limbs, and can look back and say, "Man, riding with my buddy when he was ***** faced was not a good idea."
The problem would go away if kids would just learn from their parent's mistakes. Ask them questions. But that's not going to happen. Instead they will make the same mistakes, and learn the same lessons. Each new generations is a blank canvas, and has to start the journey of life from square one. We never pick up where our parents left off. We always start over. - hambend, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10"It's just that they often decide the benefits -- the immediate gratification or peer acceptance -- outweigh the risks."
And you know what? Most of the time they're right. When you're young, you tend to bounce back from bad experiences. It's just a learning thing. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13http://www.google.com
- borninda818, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13not always to fit in. I know some teens (best friends) who have had unprotected sex more than once. They didn't do it to fit in, since they hardly told anyone later, they did it for the pleasure...or maybe for the curiosity. whatever.
I think the article pretty much got it right. Peer pressure is a little overrated
...but I'm a teen and my brain is still mushy so I may be wrong. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Stop rambling you ***** pothead.
- whereisian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9agreed but all things in moderation
- joeshlub, on 10/12/2007, -3/+124 for 4, go me. And look, I must be invincible, I'm not dead yet, right?
- TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10@CBTF. No. I'm sure it's a valid survey. I'm sure there'es reason. But I don't appreciate being put into that one line of what "teenagers" are defined by.
I'm tired of not being respected by adults like this because i'm a "stupid teenager" - SoupsMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7To be perfectly honest, research is a lot better than life observation.
hate to use an old saying from science 101, but if we still discovered things by the obvious method, "we would still think mice are borne from wheat/rice/animal feed".
I hope you get my reference.
Otherwise, its nice to know why i was/am such a dumb ass sometimes. And knowing is half the battle... - vezquex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Truly paradoxical. Better decision making is rooted not in weighing consequences, but by categorically avoiding any choice that would yield risk. It is a little hard to wrap your mind around this, but take this example:
When presented with the opportunity to go skydiving, a teen might consider the odds of the parachute opening properly and confidence in their ability to pull the cord at the right altitude,
whereas an adult would just go, "Hell no! You'd never get me up there." - DeusMachinae, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I don't think the pill will help with "Dave".
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8No, that just makes you another vegan straight-edge kid. You're not original.
- Hindu_Wardrobe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7@headzoo
I know _exactly_ what you're talking about. I'm a teenager, and no matter how much I talk to my parents about drugs, unprotected sex, drunk driving and all that crap, I always have that "Bah, it'll never happen to me. Parents don't know *anything* about what it's like to be a teen in [current year]."
So we have to learn ourselves. Fortunately I actually listen to a lot of what my parents have to say, but that's "a lot", not "all".
Fellow teenagers: just listen to your damn parents. It'll be worth it in the long run, as I've learned. - anroo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"B) Dave unprotected sex because it feels better and thats what the pill is for"
The pill is to reduce the risk of pregnancy. The Condom is to reduct yours and 'Daves' risk of Syphillis, AIDS and other STD's. But by all means please allow your Thompson to wither away and fall off. - Gizza, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9wow, i did none of that. My teenage years were wasted :(
- HP844182, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7My age group pisses me off. Why do people have to learn everything the hard way? Hmm...this guy in the news died from drinking and driving, maybe I should not do that. But guess what? They still do it. I don't understand.
- mapkinase, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The same: stupidity. Age does not guarantee the wisdom, though the wisdom comes only with age.
- GrantTheGr8, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6'Instead, interventions should help young people develop "gist-based" thinking in which dangerous risks are categorically avoided rather than weighed in a rational, deliberative way.'
Wow, did they just make an argument against rationality? That's totally... irrational. - elroy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Probably the same as the kids -- the benefits outweigh the risks. You spend your entire life saying no to that stuff -- you're gonna feel like a fool laying on a hospital bed dying from nothing (Apologies to Redd Foxx)
- DeusMachinae, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7FTA:
"Instead, interventions should help young people develop "gist-based" thinking in which dangerous risks are categorically avoided rather than weighed in a rational, deliberative way."
I think that's the worst possible way to teach teens about risks. Wouldn't you want your children making rational, informed decisions rather than acting with their "gut"? - f8tbrautmehere, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Teens do these things because the area of the brain that is responsible for risk aversion is not fully developed. That's biological fact. They aren't stupid, they just are not completely developed yet in the head. One could say they are partially retarded...
I know some adults that never developed this area of the brain... - one1plus1one, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@twtmc
You said: "I think my teenage years are going along swimmingly".
I don't think anyone has described their teenage years as going "swimmingly" since... well since the 1950's. Golly, that's a really swell. - otheruser, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8That's the worst ideology you could possibly follow.
Carpe Diem is more than physical pleasure, it is fulfillment, happiness, success, and goodwill. - 1337zork, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I'm seventeen.
I don't take drugs.
I don't smoke.
I don't have unprotected sex.
Thank you. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9I take psychedelic drugs to increase my sensory awareness.
- Spikito, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Yeah, he was tried as an adult, and got life, screwed up, i know. i think he was 11 when it happened but when he got done with juvy at 17, they deemed him not safe for society, reviewed the case nad sent him away. it wasnt exactly an accident though, he gave her the pile-driver.
- FearFactory, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5What I want to know is how does a teenager from an upper-middle class suburb think he's gangsta or Scarface after listening to a few rap CDs when he has never been near a real ghetto?
- resplence, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4It appears that you were the only commenter who really got the article, so far.
- akzidenzgrotesk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3you do realize the pill is only 99% effective when taken EXACTLY the way it says to on the package... and that most teenage girls are probably not going to take it exactly the way the package says every day of every month... and that teenagers are FAR more more fertile than most adults anyway...
and also, that STDs exist.
just fyi. - ICSU, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"They didn't do it to fit in.."
pun intended? - headzoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@Hindu_Wardrobe
I did all that too. There were many pearls of wisdom my mom tried to drop on me, and I ignored them all, and did my own thing anyway. It wasn't until years later that I realized she was right about most things, and I should have just listened to her and saved myself some trouble.
This is why I don't really bother trying to tell teens anything. I know I'll just be ignored, and they will do their own thing anyway. - goffy59, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I grew up doing what I wanted. My parents gave me more freedom, and i do pretty well in life. Ive been offered many different drugs and I turn down most of them.. But I'm pretty much a pot head. Weed is the most harmless thing you can do if you ever wanted to try something. Tobacco and Alcohol are worse for you then weed is. If you don't want ***** up lungs from weed, get a vaporizer... no more fed fumes. It wont be legal because they have no quick way to test you like the Breathalyzer. I do agree that some of us teens do all of these things... mostly all of them. But there are few that be who they want to be.
- storm8956, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7@TheWorm: Dude, you are so off track. The study is not lumping teenagers into one group. First of all, please note that what you quoted is from the article, not the study, and it is the article description, which is supposed to be eye-catching. Second, it is common knowledge that teens behave more irrationally than adults and this study just says why, and I agree with it. Many people try to explain teenage irrational behavior by saying teens think they are less prone to injury. This study helps clear up a pretty serious misconception, so people will know how to approach teenagers better. Stop whining. This is, after all, a scientific study we are talking about here.
- LavaHot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yes, because there's no such thing as sexually transmitted diseases. You deserve a Darwin award my friend.
Please, wait to take drugs until you're out of high school. It more socially acceptable for a high school graduate to light up than a punk teenager to destroy his life by wasting time on drugs. - Steve95613, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Even more mysterious question:
Why do adults do really stupid things? - giveer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2For sure, this article wasn't written near my neighbourhood. Here, their actions are usually caused by a rampant case of dumbf*ckury.
- whereisian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Unless Australia has wiped out poverty, there are ghettos there too.
- N00F, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I don't remember where I read it, but I remember seeing an article about how the Teen brain develops. Apparently it has too many neurons and some actually have to die off in order to transform into an adult brain. The act of these neurons dying off causes all kinds of weird behavior, hence teenaged angst.
Has any one else see this article? I'd like to give it a read again. - zephc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2seems to be. more on it at http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=30653
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