Being a teenager can be pretty awesome. You're not a kid anymore, but you're also not an adult yet. There are still no crushing responsibilities, but you have heaps of free time to do silly (and sometimes questionable) things. In fact, when The New York Times asked 18 young people what's best about being a teenager, they said it's the freedom, independence, and being able to have fun with friends.
So today, we have for you the best memes about what being an adolescent is really like, courtesy of the online community r/teenagers. The teens will surely find some relatable content below. And those of us who are a bit older might find that we have more in common with the youngsters than we thought, even if we have fully developed frontal lobes.
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She Do Be Spittin Facts Doe
Mom Instincts Be Like
This Is So True Lmao
We think we all know what we refer to when we say "teenager," but the actual age of teenagers can sometimes get mixed up. Is an 11-year-old a teenager yet? Are 19-year-olds still teenagers? The World Health Organization, for one, places teenagers between the ages of 10 and 19.
The American Academy of Pediatrics distinguishes three stages of adolescence. They say that it starts at 10 years old and goes on until we're 21 (and, sometimes, even beyond!). Early teenagehood, according to them, is from 10 to 13 years. Middle adolescence is from 14 to 17, and the latest stage is from 18 to 21.
I Feel Attacked
Students Dont Rlly Need Sad Books
Strict Parents
no, thats too easy. kids need rules and boundries. what you are talking about here is mistreatment or abuse and not teaching kids how to apply rules to.show some respect to other people on the same planet. its a huge difference a lot of young parents dont get. no, yout kid is not in the spectrum or has ads, you just raised him to be an egoistic as......le, cause you are to lazy or "open minded" to stand up against your own childs tantrums.
Nowadays, we associate teenagers with rebellion, sulkiness, and phrases like "It's not a phase, Mom!" But teenagehood wasn't always a thing. Teenagers as a concept in society only appeared in the middle of the 20th century. Until then, you simply used to be a child, and then, bam! You're suddenly an adult, having to work just like any other grown-up.
Back in those days, people even treated children as adults. The world consisted of children and adults. Kids used to work menial and dangerous jobs at ages as young as seven years old. Children and teens usually worked on their family's farms, and when industrialization came around, they became factory workers.
If This Ain’t The Truth :/
I actually have quite a few students who are far more informed about politics than I am.
Teachers Am I Right?
Best Way To Make A Class Quiet Down
I once worked overnights at a school for the deaf and blind. I was responsible for making sure a group of about 16 blind high school boys were ready for school in the morning. That was my go-to threat for a week straight until they took a dorm trip to see the movie. I woke everyone up that first Monday morning with "if you aren't out of bed by 6:30, I will be spoiling Endgame." We didn't have any troubles that week. I miss those boys.
Of course, those who grew up in more well-off families wouldn't work on farms or in factories. They would receive an education and go on to become lawyers, doctors, priests, and such. Before the 19th century, only a small portion of the child population would receive any education in Britain at all.
The U.S. passed laws between 1920 and 1936 to save children from toiling away in factories. As a result, the percentage of kids and teenagers in schools more than doubled from 30% to 60%.
My Teacher Has No Chill
I Even Do This At Work. :(
Come On, You Know Its True
"I'm a weirdo. I don't fit in. And I don't want to fit in. Have you ever seen me without this stupid hat on? That's weird."
The director of the documentary Teenage said that the Industrial Revolution inadvertently paved the way for child labor laws and, in turn, for teenagehood to become a thing. "The Industrial Revolution and the advent of child labor was a good way to bracket the story, since once you went to work, you were no longer considered a kid," he told Collectors Weekly. "When they started to make child labor illegal, this second stage of life emerged, and it needed a name. It was called adolescence."
Ugh, This Always Happens
Because yesterday when it was 42°C (108°F) INSIDE the classroom you wouldn't let us drink during class so I got so dehydrated that I ended up with a UTI-sort-of-thing and today I have to pee every 7 minutes. Any more questions? . . . (I went to school in the early '80s)
School Is Boring
Teachers are always writing on the board and erasing it at the speed of lightening.
Lies. Deception
The word 'teenager' wasn't always in our collective vocabulary, either. Some sources, like Merriam-Webster, claim its first (as in 'Teen-Ager') use was in 1913. Others say that a reviewer of Psychologist G. Stanley Hall's book Adolescence used the term 'Teen Age' first. However, the general consensus is that it was not widely used until the 20th century.
My Life *sigh*
Currently Doing An Essay
Can Relate To This
The fact that the United States started recognizing teenagers as a separate age group is well documented by a 1945 New York Times article titled Teenage Bill of Rights. The 10 principles described in the text establish the essence of what we consider teenagehood now: the freedom and independence to become your own person. There was less pressure for adolescents to serve their parents and family, and they could go off and explore their separate identities.
I'm In College, But This Still Applies To Me Partially
She Tried. That’s What Matters
Why Does This Always Happen?
The Teenage Bill of Rights urged parents to let their teenagers explore the world, question things, and build their own philosophies of life. Much like what we today associate with teenagers, right? Rebellion, searching for meaning, the urge to separate yourself from your parents and family – all these traits of a typical teenager were already covered in an article from 1945.
Laughs In Swiss
I Can't Even
Do You Ever Just
The economic boom after WWII also saw teenagers begin to spend money. Older teenagers would work themselves or, like their younger peers, get allowances from their parents. Parents would also have fewer kids, allowing them to spend more on the children they had.
At Least She’s Trying -\{:)_/-
Just Buy Your Own Gum
*Me At 16 Years Old
Naturally, teenagers then became the primary target demographic for marketers. Teens became trendsetters, and companies realized they were the ones to make the most profit from. Dwight Macdonald, a writer for The New Yorker, even wrote back in 1958: "To some extent, the teenage market – and, in fact, the very notion of the teenager – has been created by the businessmen who exploit it."
Damn That Really Hit Me Hard :(
I'm Not Gonna Cry, I'm Not Gonna Cry
She Do Be Wholesome Doe 😳
I wrote directions, notes, and drew diagrams for my poor mother. I'm still not entirely certain she even learned how to switch her VHS/DVD combo from one to the other.
There's some evidence that teens were even sulky and moody in 1950s Britain. The BBC writes how one mother described her woes with her teenage son in a letter to an agony aunt. "He's cheeky and he's sulky… why should a boy change like this? He resents any questions. The best I get is a polite yes or no, the worst an angry look which clearly tells me to mind my own business."
Very Smart Indeed
Thanks Guys
I've gotta do my presentation before the teacher has anything to compare it to! 🤣
I Don’t See What’s So Good About The “Good Old Days” Bookers Talk About
And Then I Panic When I Realize It’s Not Her
When I was a teenager I saw my grandma in the store with her back to me. I went up behind her and tickled her sides. When she turned around I shouted, "Omg you're not my Grandma! I'm so sorry!" She just laughed at me and said that she would be my Grandma if I wanted. I was so embarrassed. The friend I was with said she could hear me on the other side of the store lol.
It’s 70s Day, And This Kid Is Dressing For The 1770s
Why Is This True
On Christmas Dinner
and then you express that you aren't interested in what they're interested in and you're branded as a demon
Just Happened To Me
I was the opposite. I had so much trouble parting with my kids' toys. It was heartbreaking. THEY had to convince ME that it was time. I still have all their childhood books though. I can't be convinced to part with those.
Show Cat
Ya Don't Need Dual Monitors
It's A Trap
We should be thankful if our kids don't have as hard a time of it growing up as we did! That means we're doing it right. Certainly makes more sense than getting jealous.
Happened Just The Other Day
I Have The Same Self-Esteem As Freddie From iCarly
*Has A Total Of 3.5 Credits By Senior Year*
It Was Lit When Even The Teacher Laughs
My physics teacher talking about a faulty bit of equipment "I've been trying to get it up for 2 weeks" - that was 40+ years ago and I still laugh :D
Can’t Hold It In
I Do Be Like That
My Mom Sent Me A Meme
My big issue is that no chair seems to be designed to actually accommodate my butt for any meaningful length of time. The joys of having a second tailbone in action, that...
Just Got My Girlfriend's Name Tattooed On My Arm 😊😍
I Just Don’t Get It
These Kids Don’t Even Go To My School, But Someone Took The Picture From Online And Just Tossed It In The Yearbook. None Of The Teachers Noticed
2020 Is The Real 2012
Sorry Guys The Printer Was Bad
Oh youngins' not to talk down, but you have never experienced the "ditto". (check Wikipedia ) That was always a c**p shoot. Sometimes they'd have smeared handprints if the teacher had difficulty with the machine. How they worked is still a mystery to me. We never saw the mystical machine. But we heard a lot of complaints.
Hm Yes Of Course
This Hurts
Me In 3 Years
I Bought So Much Mcdonalds
What a difference having to pay for your housing, food and utilities makes.
I Was Bored
For me(the dad) it's usually along the lines of your point is valid, but not relevant to this discussion.i would be happy to address that after we resolve this current issue. I even tell him that's my failing, but I can't carry on a conversation and stay calm if we keep adding more talking points before we address the ones already on the table
Throwback To When My Identical Twin And I Switched Photos During Our Graduating Year
They Undercover Spies
I was once pulled out of class because a fellow student was worried because I wasn't eating. School counselor basically told me she was only following up because she had to. I *obviously* didn't have an eating disorder. 😡 I'm so sorry Joellen for being a turd to you after that. You were probably the only person who cared. I had an active eating disorder until 2 years ago.
Someone Explain, I Actually Don't Know How
I Like This One
Because It Isn't Touchscreen
Take Me Back 😢
Really Ms. Benson, It’s Not That Hard
Me Smart I Am
I Think We Can All Relate To This
This Is How I Wrapped My Dad’s Present. It’s A Coat
My Friend Is Taking Notes In Minecraft
I Sacrificed A Deck Of Uno To Make This
Thanks To Video Lessons We Wish Even More
I graduated high school in 2002 and when I was in school (back in my day you yungins!) it was FAR less stressful than what ya'll deal with now. Listening to my nieces and nephews talk about all the stuff they have to do compared to what I did is nuts. I do not envy kids nowadays.
The School Actually Burned Down
Everytime
Gotta Look Out For Each Other
While 1==1: Level=level +1 Print(Level)
Everytime With His Computer
School Hasn’t Started For Me
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