Seems like a lot of teenagers/young teens are embarrassed of their parents... or try not to be scene with them in public, etc. Why is this? At what age do they stop doing this?
Seems like a lot of teenagers/young teens are embarrassed of their parents... or try not to be scene with them in public, etc. Why is this? At what age do they stop doing this?
not sure. I'm 19 and currently think the world of my dad. I'm not at all embarrassed by him.
Because dependent child George will kill cool independent teenage George.
When they go off to college but rely on Mom&Dad's $$ for fun and food and beer. Even then, don't plan on crashing their party - they'll be horribly embarrassed.
Actually, it's probably not until after college when it's time to support themselves or time to swallow their pride to come back to live at home for a while.
Maybe they're embarrassed because you don't know the difference between "scene" and "seen"
Depends on whether or not the parents are actually embarrassing. I suppose that if your parents are actually embarrassing, you will always be embarrassed by them. If they are not, you'll probably stop being embarrassed by them by the time you're 17 or so.
for me, it was probably the second year of college...
I had one rather embarrassing parent, i didn't fully get over this until I was like 24, if the the other parent was alone though I got over it at like 19.
after they get out of highschool.
Once you're cool with them drinking.
When they begin washing their horribly dirty underwear and running shorts.
sometime around 18-20.
i went to college and realized how special my parents really were.
once was a dumb teenager wrote:
sometime around 18-20.
i went to college and realized how special my parents really were.
Same. During the high school years there is some resentment and such for whatever reasons, but by college, kids tend to respect and love all that their parents have done for them.
When they go off to college. although I am in my 50s and my mom still can get to me sometimes and she is almost 80.
around the age of 40
confused parent wrote:[/b....teens are embarrassed of their parents...
Ah, shouldn't this be 'embarrassed BY'? I've never heard 'embarrassed OF' before.
I would agree. I think a degree of added maturity starts to slowly form at this age and with that some appreciation.
Depends on the person and their parents. My mom is extremely opinionated and even more ignorant, and she shoots off her mouth all the time saying things that just amaze people at her lack of tact. She's socially retarded and says things to people that make those around her cringe. I'm 21 and avoid being around her whenever possible. If any friends of mine (male or female) are going to be around her at all I warn them beforehand about her. I'm not really embarrassed any more though as I don't really associate myself with her at all. I feel like if she makes an ass of herself it's just her that looks like a fool, not anyone else.
My dad's pretty cool though. He has a habit of talking really loud in public places like restaurants sometimes, but other than that I'm not embarrassed by him and never really have been.
In general I would say somewhere around 20 years of age. Typical teenage years is when kids are embarrassed by their parents, though some aren't embarrassed by their folks at all.