AWKWARD

I find it difficult to adjust to teen-agers. They are the most difficult beings existing on earth, no doubt so many parents fail. Themselves confused of their own position in the strata of life, that they behave very awkwardly, very unlike children but definitely not adults. The way they think is even more confusing; they are unsure of what they are doing but become irritated when given guidance. Their language and terminologies do not follow any grammatical standards and they seem to understand each other that way.

They show signs of physical and academic growth but they are so subjective about their feelings that they become very sensitive and temperamental. In dealing with them, an adult must be very careful in choosing his words to use because a teen-ager can completely misinterpret an ordinary phrase or an ordinary idea, in fact even an ordinary joke.

Teen-agers think they are always doing the right thing because everybody else of their age is doing the same thing. To them all adults are "passe", old-fashioned and must therefore listen to them. Yet they get hysterical when adults imitate them. They wish to stay enclosed within their exclusive sovereignties, which are off limits to adults and children.

Because teen-agers are bizarre they are nice to be with, the reason why some adults act like them.