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Why do older people tend to think of us younger people as “young and immature”? I have a high maturity level and look older than I am, but when people find out I am 15, they treat me like some immature brat. Why? Should we younger people look at older people and think they’re stupid? I don’t think so, so why do you do that to us?
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Name : Cyndi-J, Gender : F, Age : 15, City : Memphis, State : TN, Country : United States,Don’t get caught up in our culture’s “respect me or else” thinking. There always has been and always should be a hierarchy for such things. Respect God first, parents second, your elders third, etc. We were all teenagers, too, you know, and may have felt the same way you do now. We all went through it and lived to tell about it. Although you won’t believe me when I say it, you will come to realize that wisdom does come with age. Here’s a deal I’ll make with you: You respect the wisdom, opinions and decisions of your elders, and we’ll continue to envy the innocence, energy and honesty of youth.
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Name : William, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 31, City : Livonia, State : MI, Country : United States, Occupation : Engineer, Education level : 4 Years of College,Just because older people ‘lived through’ being disrespected when they were younger does not give them the right to disrespect anyone, even younger people. Maybe if we didn’t focus so much on ‘hierarchies of respect’ and just tried to treat all other people equally well, we would not have things like ‘generation gap’, ‘obnoxious teens’ or ‘grumpy old people’. Maybe we could all just take each other as individuals and remember that everyone has something to teach. Some people go through more trauma before they turn eighteen than others have their whole lives, who has earned more respect for their ‘experience’ then? Besides, do you really think that your place at the top of the ‘hierarchy of respect’ is going to console you when you are stuck in a nursing home when your family can barely stand to come visit you because you’re a cranky old person who just tells them to ‘live through’ their problems and concerns?
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Name : J-French, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 24, City : Houston, State : TX, Country : United States, Occupation : unemployed, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower class,I mean no disrespect. I have to start with that because I had the exact same opinion when I was 16. When I was 21 I saw how much I had changed and grown since 16. I don’t feel that I was any more mature, but wiser from my experiences. I am about to turn 26 and life has done another 180. I don’t think its an issue of how mature you are, but what you have experienced in life. I see the things that I valued, the way I saw myself, what I wanted out of life, and my 5 and 10 year goals are not the same at all. All I can say is wait and see. I hope that you allow the time to dance in the rain, skip school (work) to go do something fun, stay up all night talking to a friend, be active and don’t worry about how people react to you. No matter your age.
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Name : Andrea24289, Gender : F, Age : 26, City : Waukesha, State : WI, Country : United States, Occupation : Electrical Engineer,
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