The other day my friends and I went to watch Black Swan. At that one highly discussed scene, there was a sense of awkwardness in the air. Recently, we brought up that awkwardness again and how it would be terrible to have to watch it with your parents because I think I read online that someone did. Even though parents should theoretically be the ones you go to for all advice — it usually feels odd to relate “sexual” advice to parents due to this sense of awkwardness. However, you should not just ignore all advice and go ahead with things just because you feel “awkward” about it because adults’ advice is good for the most part (depending on who you go to). Personally, I don’t really know how to ask my parents for advice so I turn to some other adults sometimes or just people older than me (because technically, I am legally considered an adult though technically…) because they just have more experience in life. So take a step forward and overcome this awkwardness to ask.
- Vivian
Posts Tagged ‘The Parents’
Awkwardness with Parents
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Late Night Outings
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
Many teenagers have complained about having a curfew to get home by and think it’s unreasonable. Personally, I’m still bound by a curfew by my parents, even though I’m beyond the age of being legally bound to the one for teenagers. I don’t really mind considering that I end up going home alone on public transportation for the most part and today I had to be on the train at 11 PM then get off and get home. Luckily, my dad was still awake to pick me up from the train station. The later it gets, the harder it is for you to see who’s out there behind you or around the corner and the less people will be around to help you if needed. I’m always paranoid when I’m out late unless I have a few people with me but being alone eventually is hard to avoid unless you manage to magically be neighbors with everyone you hang out with – and that just gets kind of awkward since that would also mean you see them all the time.
- Vivian
For Argument’s Sake
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
Arguments can be strangely exhilarating, yeah? I think it’s a sad truth, that it takes something so emotionally detrimental to get us to feel things. I didn’t realize how often it happened until recently; my arguments with my mother have lately been scare to say the least. Not that I’m complaining, quite the opposite, but I think I do miss that emotional outlet, and I’m starting to think that I’m not the only one. I was talking to a friend last night and she told me how a boy just won’t give her the benefit of letting her be right, and she knows it’s on purpose, as she does the same to him. She hates him for it, though she still finds herself liking him at the end of the day. As I told her then, and I’ll tell you now, that’s an argument waiting to happen. Sadly, I think that’s why they do it. Neither one can say what they really need to the other, so I think both of them are just waiting on the other to cave. Though really, is it really necessary to fight to get a point across. Let’s not ask parents, I think they’d all say yes because if there’s no heated exchange of emotions we’re obviously not listening to anything that they could ever say. Arguments do build up to a nice conversation, after it’s all blown over, though, to have to argue to get there, man, is that exhausting! Who agrees to disagree with me?
- Eric
The Right Pressure
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
Parental pressure, peer pressure, and self-pressure, are all types of pressure that we often experience as young adults. There are times when we are pressured to do things we don’t agree with. sometimes these things end up positivity, and sometimes they end up up horribly. Pressure can come from many angles ans is at many times, hard to deal with.
Parental pressure in my opinion, is a more positive factor of pressure. By this I mean that many parents pressure you to do better because they want what’s best for you. Parental pressure usually consists of what college to attend,or who and when to date. parents are also known for pressuring you to practice good morals and values. Once again, they usually want what’s best for you!
Another type of pressure young adults experience is peer pressure. Peer peressure can occur at school,in your neighborhood/community, extracurricular social groups, etc. So many young adults feel pressured to interact in disturbing behaviors in order to prove themselves to other peers. Many are pressured to engage in behaviors such as sex,drugs/alcohol,fighting,disrupting classes, skipping school,stealing, gang affiliation, etc. I can ramble on for pages about behaviors displayed due to peer pressure.
My advice for these situations is to focus on what you know is right for yourself. You cant make the world happy. You must be satisfied with yourself and to do things that make you unhappy.
A quote to remember, “I’d rather fall with intentions of being a leader, instead of knowing that I followed someone else.”
-Sharenna