Parents Need to Realize
Adults need to be reminded a lot of things when they think of their children as young adults. They need to remember that they were once in the same position as their kids. This age is probably one of the hardest stages of life because there is so much dumped onto teenagers shoulders. There is so much stress in school, your social life and your personal life. At this age, we get our whole future dumped on our shoulders and it can be too much to handle. As young adults, we are going to make mistakes. It is how we learn for ourselves. Parents have such high expectations for their children as young adults. Sometimes it is very hard to fulfill those expectations to make them happy. This is where they need to think back to when they were in our shoes. They were once in the same predicament as we are. They also need to remember when they were young adults and how much fun they wanted to have. This is the time in our lives where we are free of jobs and major responsibilities. Teenagers just want to relax and have fun once in awhile. It puts the stress out of our heads for a period of time. Parents only want the best for their children, which is why they set such high goals for us. They need to step back and realize that they may be expecting too much for us to handle.
Kayla Ealy is a senior and a first year Journalism student.
Kayla is a member of the Foreign Language Club, the Leo Club, and the yearbook staff. She...