JVS

Teenage children are at the stage of life when they individuate. They are becoming their own persons who are experiencing life on their own term. Teenagers are no longer children who will unquestioningly obey their parents.

Teenagers have minds of their own and are questioning their parents. Teenagers are starting to develop their own interests and need their parents' guidance less and less. This is very normal. I would seriously question a teenager who slavishly and sleepishly obey their parents. This means that something is seriously wrong with that teenager and he/she will not develop into an independent adult and a leader.

This type of teenager I would classify as retarded with no mind of their own. I admire teenagers who are rebellious because this shows that they have moxie and are capable of independent thought. A teenager who slavishly and sleepishly obey his/her parents will not develop into an independent adult or a leader. He/she will be a submissive without self-confidence who will just be an amoeba aimlessly going through life.

I believe that obedience is a bad word. Who wants to be obedient. Obedient means subverting one will to another. I do not advocate this at all. I believe that teenagers should be independent and do their thing as long as they do not harm others. Independent teenagers will be the movers and shakers of tomorrow while obedient teenagers will be just submissive sheep.

There are parents that are overprotective, They want their children to do as they expected, not matter on career or studies. But have they thought of how stress the child is? There will be times when we will not be able to finish homework given due to time constriction.

What if there comes a time when you doesn't like what your parents had choosen for you your career and not supporting you on the career you wanted?

How about times that they don't understand the situation? Like times where we didn't do homework and the reason is that have not enough time, they will most likely to scold you for not managing the time well enough.

Many people might think that obeying their parents means that they love them, but parents perfers children's with their own mindset, beside parents might not be always be correct. For example, parents might not understand the situation of their children facing, instead of asking why, they will choose to scold them.