Dan In Real Life

2. Raising teenagers is hard, but sometimes parents do more harm than good for their child. Three tips that I would give parents about teenagers is: one, the stricter the parent, the sneakier the kid is going to become (trust me I know from experience.) Also the more strict the parent is, the higher the chance of their teenager rebelling. Two, do not show that you don’t trust your kid unless they have given you a reason to not trust them. Not knowing why your parent doesn’t trust you really sucks. And three, being a more open minded parent and being level headed with your child will increase the chances of your teenager opening up to you.

4. I think a lot of parents are guilty of “do as I say, not as I do,” and there are definitely two sides to that saying. From the parent’s point of view they expect their child to do everything that is said to be done and to not question it. Well, telling a kid that smoking cigarettes is extremely bad for you isn’t very moving when the parent is lighting up in the middle of their inspirational speech. Children focus much more on the actions of their parents rather than the words of their parents. Telling a child to not do something while you openly do it in front of them, doesn’t have much power. But I understand the point of view of the parents; parents just want their kids to grow up happy and healthy, even if they were unable to. So to say that it is unfair for a parent pull the whole “do as I say, not as I do,” is a bit unfair in itself since everyone deals with bad habits and issues.

6. That I can remember, I have never been in a situation where I didn’t think I could handle the truth, but I have definitely been in a situation where I thought the other person couldn’t handle the truth. Being truthful is huge to me, so for me to not be 100% with someone is very hard for me to do. But in the situation where I wasn’t sure if the truth was the best option at the time, I chose to hide it, and not tell the truth, and I hated it. I hate lying, and especially to those closest to me, but I do it when necessary, and only to protect those who I care for.
7. I don't believe that you can know in three days if you love someone or not, but I'm also an eighteen year old girl. I truly don't think it is possible to discover enough about someone over a three day period to say that you would be willing to spend the rest of your life with that person. I will use a very basic example, someone with anger issues. You could be dating for months and not find out that the person you are with has severe anger issues until it is too late. People are able to hide the nasty parts of themselves pretty easily, and it takes time to uncover the whole picture.