Why are teenagers looked down upon?

why is it that adults seem to have an interest in trying to bust us with something. (especially in school and at times in public) it's like they're expecting us to mess up and ruin our lives already.Why are teenagers looked down upon?
1. because they are short


2. because they are so damn sexy


3. so you look down on them and see cleavageWhy are teenagers looked down upon?
I have a teenager whom I love dearly. But when I go shopping and get a teenager working behind the counter in a store, they usually are lazy and don't want to help you or treat you like they are doing a favour serving you. Most of them are rude and have no respect for adults like in the olden days. Parents have to work these days just to make ends meet and the parents haven't had the benefit of being home to raise these kids properly. They are shipped off to babysitters who don't care, but want money to look after these kids.
look at it like this. We're all just grown up kids. thats all anyone ever is. you can never learn everything. for the most part, adults are learning same as you - they're just learning different things. so because they've learned the things you are learning now, they try to do you favors by giving you boundaries so you dont make mistakes you dont know you're making. if they didnt ';catch you';, you'd learn that something is ok, that will really hurt you in the end. a lot of things come back to haunt you when you're older (it really is true). none of us know it at the time, but we wish someone had told us 'no' when we look back and regret. not to mention, by becoming older, you are automatically given the role of teacher, even if you dont want to be. you grow up and you cant help it, and younger people have to be shown, or require patience, or whatever, and you suddenly have to give it.


imagine if you had to teach 35 babies how to walk at the same time, and there are streets and cut glass everywhere. you would be overwhelmed and you would do what you had to to make sure the babies not only learned how to walk, but didnt use their new walking skills to walk into the street (which they dont know what it is), and they dont fall in glass, meanwhile, you have 35 individuals that all need your personal attention and hate you for the fact that walking is uncomfortable.


you'd do the best you can. then the babies would learn to walk and they'd grow older and they'd see why you did the things you did to make them walk safely.


it'll all make sense in the end. some are better teachers than others.


but the most important thing to know is that you'll be there someday too. its a lot different than you think.


im not saying you're a baby, im just saying that its not ';you against them';. its not. b/c in not too long, you will be ';them';, yourself.


just wait and see. we're all just grown up teenagers.
because there is too many teens that disrespect the law and are heavy in to drugs and sex that it give the good teens a bad rap. they have done that for generations,
Because of the generation gap. Your parents don't understand you. Our parents didn't understand us. In time, you'll see that you won't understand your children.





Sandy
most teens I've seen are smug , self-rightous, who think they know much more than their adult counterparts -but we've been there-done that and we do know whats going on in life -so tread lightly on the adults you smear for we control the world today
Its because of stereotyping. Some teenages do something. People worry their children will do the same. I dont have kids yet but I plan to give my teenagers a chance and run their own lives with as much guidence as they request from me. Of course, im going to give more when necessary.
Teenagers have raging hormones that cause them to have fluctuating moods easily. That makes more problems for the people who have to supervise them (adults), and they know it since they've been through that age before or have teen kids of their own, so they know what to expect from most of you. Teens are also at the stage of life where they are beginning to explore their social identity and therefore their personalities are not very stable either.
While still young at age, you are under the supervision of your parents and under the supervison of adults.


jtm
probably because of how you look. according to your avatar you are ugly...
It's because this generation is kind of expected to be doing something illegal. But yeah, it does stink when you're not doing a thing and they get all on you. Like all of my teachers probably assume my boyfriend and I are freaks, but we're actually the most modest couple. I think a lot of the time, we all just freak out over adults though. I mean that's our job as teenagers isn't it? I think we notice it more when we're getting all rebel like.