This article focuses on when a children becomes a teen they seem to lose their childhood that they once had. Such as caring less about what they loved to do as a child, and also caring less about their parents and what actually pleases their parents.
Also a teen will most likely start blaming parents, and even starting conflict that they would have never done as a child. This loss of childhood doesn’t hurt the adolescence but it does really hurt the parents. Parents of a child will miss how their teen once behaved before they reached their adolescence stage of life. Also parents will mostly likely turn their pain they have towards anger.
Do you think that teens seem to lose their childhood that they once love? Is it because of children reaching the adolescence stage of life?
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I do think we as teens all loose the childhood we once held onto for so long. When we’re little we all wish to grow up, but once we hit the age we once always wanted…it doesn’t feel as sweet as we thought it would. Right now I’m 16, and I’ve always wanted to be this age but now that I’m here, I’d rather be 5 or 7 years old still enjoying recess honestly. Even though loosing your childhood years is inevitable with age, it does come from reaching adolescence. When you reach that stage, most feel independent. You don’t need parents to hold your hand anymore and guide you; you have decisions to make now that being you one step closer to adulthood. I feel that when we reach this stage parents think we have taken a turn for the worse because with adolescence comes defiance, but I think the new attitude is the growing independence away from childhood that we all feel.
I do think that teens eventually lose their childhood based on the many experiences we go through and the changes that come with life such as new school and new friends. But i do think that sometimes we try to hold on to our childhood for too long and that is when some young teens are still somewhat immature. I think it is hard to let go of your childhood but once you do it is hard to get it back. It is better to look back and reflect on it than to try to live it forever. Once you reach adolescence, you let go of the past and the youth we once had. We realize that we don't need as much guidance and reassurance with everything because we try to be independent and we want to make our own decisions rather than having our parents tell us everything. I think even though we lose our childhood it is still a part of us and it shapes us to be who we are today and who we will become.
I think most teens lose the childhood that they once loved as an adolescent. Almost all children and/or teens try to grow up as fast as they can, they don't want to have so many restrictions on their lives, yet they don't fully understand the responsibilities that come with the freedoms. Adolescent people go through these huge changes physically and emotionally, they enter new social situations that may stress them out, then, at the same time, have to worry about their future and what course of action to take. They're also being pushed and pulled in two different directions, because they have the responsibilty of an adult, but the freedom of a kid. It doesn't equal out at all, so of course they're going to resent their parents, the main authoritative figures in their life. Teens want their freedom, they think they have all of the required skills and knowlegde to make it out in the "real world", they're starving for their imdependance and they generally just blame the parents for holding them back. It may or may not be incorrect, but parents are easy targets.
I don't know that I would say that when someone becomes a teenager that they loose their childhood, I think that when a child turns into a teenager they loose thier innonence. Children at this age realize that they are no longer a baby and need thier mommy and daddy anymore. They also realize that there are extreme advantages to being independent.
i think teen do lose therei childhood because their priority changes when they grow older. when you are older you start to see things a different way. For example a 6 year old wont care for anyone but his family and his favorite toys.a teen would care for his friends and family and sometimes he may get bad friends like touble makers.once the teen priroty has change everything will change about the person and the parents will miss the way the teen behave or ude to do.
I agree with the author of this article that teenagers leave behind their beloved childhood as they mature. I think that it's because it's a natural stage of life and many times we don't realize that we might be hurting our parents by blaming them for things and picking fights for no real reason. An older friend once told me that she and her mother rarely got along during her adolescence and now that she was in her 20's they were like best friends. I think situations like this are very common because once you reach adulthood you are more mature.
i do believe that teens will eventually loose their childhood they once loved. When kids go from children to teens they feel alot older and want to grow up way too fast. I feel that young kids should cherish being young.
I don't think that a child looses their childhood they just don't want to live in it anymore. When they become teens they relize that they dont need mom and dad to hold their hand through all situations. They want to be as independent as they can and push their parents away as far as they can get them. They want to grow up fats, but they still have a childhood as teens, but i believe at some point in life they do loose their childhood all together.
Rachel Pac
I agree that children lose their adolescence when they become a teenager because they want to grow up fast and get to the major milestones in life. They want to get their license, turn 18 and eventually turn 21. They just feel like they are older and don't need to listen to their parents anymore.
yes. i think that teens believe that they are older then they really are and act like they are 21 instead of lets say 16. This causes children to miss out on the fun of being a child. However, there are different circumstances. I think some people take acting older as a reason to party and drink and stay out all night and that isn't good. But then there are the children who just want to be independent and work to make that happen but can balance their lives and thats okay.
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