Hello people, I conducted this survey 2 months ago. Do have a look if you are interested. ;)
I am now sharing some of the responses! :)
I was pretty amazed by them all! The survey basically constituted of a series of question pertaining to the Teenager-Parents-Family link. Well, someone once said that children grow to becoming the best judges of parents.
If you are a parent and are trying to strike a better way of 'taming' your teen, have a look at the responses below. :)
If you are a parent and are trying to strike a better way of 'taming' your teen, have a look at the responses below. :)
If you could change 3 things about your parents what would they be and why?
1. I'm not sure.
2. Their habit of
going back on their words back biting of people misunderstanding some
situations.
3. Nothing, I like them as they are.
4. Nothing. I love them as they are.
5. I don't want to change anything
about them.
6. Converse with them as friends- As
far as my mom is concerned, I can still share a partial of the things and
events that happen in my life, yet it is not as much as I share with my elder
sister (to whom I tell practically everything) But my father is someone to whom
I personally find difficult to open up to. Hence I would have really liked to
talk to my parents about my friends and difficulties (and crushes xD) as of
they were my friends 2. Their views on the different religions- Growing up in
an environment as that of Mauritius, I have learnt to mingle with all types of
people, regardless of their religion, yet my parents are still rather close
minded as far as religion is involved in cases like dating and marriage. I mean
to say that they would never agree if one day, I were to want to date/marry a
guy from a different religion; chinese, muslim,... Thus, this would have been a
positive change in them. 3. To think of other things apart from my academic
study- Even though, I've been able to develop some of my talents such as guitar
playing and dancing as extracurricular activities (upon insisting) my parents
don't really allow me to develop other such skills and I find myself limited to
only my studies and tuition and thus I would have loved if they could allow me
to develop other than academically.
7. I want to change nothing about
them. They are best as they are right now.
8. Stop ageing them. Make them more
receptive to new ideas. Make them for thirsty for life! :D
9. Their outlook on the educational
system for i believe they focus mainly on academics. 2. I want them to be
friendlier since i want to share so many more things with them. 3. I want them
to enjoy themselves more often since i don't find them relaxed often.
10. Habits Habits Habits :p
11. Mom allowing me to participate in
boxing matches at international level. -Dad giving me some more money during
holidays. -mom and dad allowing me to eat what i want.
12. The way they SOMETIMES judge
people just by their looks The way they SOMETIMES think I'm still a kid with no
sense of reasoning whatso'ever I'd make them love me more than my brothers...
:P
13. Make mom less short-tempered.
14. Their way of perceiving certain
things - their belief in God.
15. More open minded, more
understanding and better listeners.
- Do you believe in teenage relationships? / Do you think voting rights should be given to 16 year olds? Why is that so?
1.
It might be a
child, a teenager, an adult, we are all human beings and we all have feelings. So
relationships are important for everyone.
2.
No I don't. This
is because at this age, most teenagers go into relationships just to 'fit in'
and looks matter most for some. The 'perfect' reputation n being who people
want you to be. Also, if someone has a sincere relationship, they may break up
when they have to go to uni or move out of the country.
3.
I'm personally
not in much favour of teenage relationship, but I do believe that you can
actually find your 'true love' during your teenage years. Undeniably today,
these boyfriend-girlfriend relationships have become very common as for
example, one third of the girls (or even more) in my college have got a
boyfriend, and many of them still aren't really ready for it(as per their ages,
as some start dating in f1 already, that is, aged 12) Also, the consequences
are that some relationships may do more bad than good as it tends to affect the
students' studies, behaviour towards others and also family life (if ever the
parents come to know) And hence, I can say that to an extent of 80%, i do not
believe in teenage relationships. Though the other 20% refers to those
teenagers who manage to find their true love at an early age, and are actually
committed to each other and can maturely develop and handle their
responsibilities toward their respective families and society. The example of
it being my parents who indeed started dating at an early age and are still
happy and love each other a lot even after 27 years of marriage!
4.
Yes. Teenagers
have a far more critical thinking than most adults. They are aware of the
proper use of the ballot box to threaten the government.
5.
Mostly, I do. I
believe somehow it helps you to grow up (well, depending on people). It offers
you a new way of seeing things, understanding or trying to understand the other
person and loving that person in a way you have never done before...This
relationship can be viewed as healthy as long as there is no
"addiction" whereby you call your gf/bf as soon as you wake up, meet
him or her at least once everyday, text and call him/her all day long and still
at night, you are lamenting :"Oh baby, i'm missing you!" I believe
this relationship can be used to learn to express oneself-talking about one's
inner feelings, thoughts, fears or emotions. It offers you memories that you
are never ever going to forget-texting in class, smiling for nothing, fighting
over silly things, having butterflies in your stomach seconds before meeting
your sweetheart, the heart-melting phases, the glances which send shivers down
your spine, looking at the watch and praying for school to finally end to rush
to the bus to meet that person, buying silly gifts just like that, worrying
yourself to death when that person is not replying your message, waiting for
everybody to go to sleep to be able to talk peacefully to that person and all
the beautiful things that come along... However, if you focus only on the physical
aspect of this relationship, then YOU ARE ACTUALLY MISSING OUT THE BEST!
6.
Both. It do not
depend on teenagers but actually on the individuals's mindset, their
responsibilty to care of the other, to share his/her love etc
7.
No -16-year old
and still immature -do not know about the true corrupted and bad side of
politics
8.
Yes and no. Yes,
because sometimes it teaches you lessons that you might otherwise miss. And
missing those might cause you to make wrong decisions while choosing your life
partner later on. No, because some teenage relationships end up in a very nasty
way, scarring both individuals for life because of the stupid mistakes they
committed when they thought they would be "together forever".
9.
Not at all. Most
teenage relationships last only for a few years and are not actually based on
'true love' but rather attraction.