Aug 1, 2008 Posted by Anthony

Teenage Observations, Part 6: Hyper Spirituality

Teens love highly spiritualized things like prayer, but not if they involved discipline- like personal holiness. Teens tend to be so open to spiritual things. The more spiritual that it seems= the more attracted they are to it, but if it involves anything physical, for the most part, they check out. A typical post-modern teen’s perspective: Prayer= good. Silent meditation= good. Anything candles= good.... read more

Jul 28, 2008 Posted by Anthony

Teenage Observations, Part 4: The Victim Card

I see a lot of young people who grow up in homes with very little income. Where in the past, you would see many people use the memories of their impoverished childhood to spur on a change with their lives; today it seems to be the opposite. So many teens because of their poor attitudes, outlooks, work ethic, and lack of transportation tend to blame everyone else and make themselves the victim. Everyone... read more

Jul 25, 2008 Posted by Anthony

Teenage Observations, Part 3: Driver’s License

When I turned sixteen (only 12 years ago), the first thing that you did when turned sixteen, was get your freak’n driver’s license, but not today. It is almost uncool today (to get your driver’s license).  This is very confusing to me. I’m not sure if this is something that is prominent in only my area or a trend taking place all over?  A driver’s license used to be synonymous with freedom,... read more

Jul 23, 2008 Posted by Anthony

Teenage Observations, Part 2: Work Ethic

Teenagers today seem to have NO work ethic.   There is no desire to have a job, to work hard, to earn money, to move out of their parent’s home, to get married, to have children, etc… The only explanation that I can come up with for this is that they are finding their fulfillment by other means: i.e. video games, the internet (specifically social networking sites that require no real human... read more

Jul 23, 2008 Posted by Anthony

Teenage Observations: Intro

I know that I’m not very old. I’m only 28, so I don’t want to sound old, but times REALLY have changed since I was a teenager. I wasn’t a sheltered child so it’s not like all of the weird things that are happening today were happening regularly then, but just without me noticing it. The norm, somehow, has drastically changed and unfortunately it’s not for the good. There are some positive... read more