Question about Teens?

What do you think is the reason for high school labels? Do you ever feel responsible for the label your child has recieved in school? If you don't have teens--do you think your parenting will effect the label your child recieves? Why or why not?





I don't not believe in stereotypes or labels but the fact still remains--and has always been--in high school teens are labeled as something.





Mother of five: Ages--19, 15, 11, 4, and 2.

Question about Teens?
I know what u mean- in ALL highschools they have their little groups- the jocks-the preppies-the cheerleaders-the geeks-the dopers, ect...... I dont know why it just IS! I do think as parents we have a little to do with this! Its what we get them involved in when they r young. I was a cheerleader in highschool and probably cuz when I was 5 my mom started me in gymnastics! So I was limber and good enough to make the team. Otherwise I might not have made it! My dad also taught me to like everyone and everyone deserves a chance. I QUIT cheerleading my Junior year cuz they tried to tell me who i could talk to and who I could date! NOT! So I do believe that some of the things we do and say to our kids carries thru them and makes them who they r!
Reply:Maybe I intend to give my children the best and encourage them to be outgoing so atleast they wont get teased about the things I was teased about.
Reply:Well....really "labels" don't matter unless they matter to the people they have been supposedly been given to. Parents can/and do play a small role in these ridiculous "labels", but that's neither here nor there, just as you said '"teens are always labeled as something". As long as your teens can cope with hwo they are perceived by their peers, don't fret, this too shall pass.
Reply:It reflects society...people of all ages like for the people they meet to fit nicely into a certain "type" ( he's a computer geek, she's a soccer mom) and high school just takes in to the extreme.
Reply:Yes your parenting can affect the way they become. Almost all labels are raised the same way as one another. That's why they bond so well.
Reply:I am hoping that my parenting will not get my child labeled . I am trying to teach him to be different. That it doesn't matter what others say about you it is how you feel about your self.I do understand high school is all about labels though. That is the one thing I hated.
Reply:It wasn't terribly long ago that I was in high school. The truth is that kids are really harsh. They are trying to find their place among their peers and find power in putting others down or labelling them. You will not be able to shield your teenagers from this, but what you can do is encourage them to see and value themselves beyond whatever their paticular labels may be. Tell your kids not to let others define who they are. That is up to them to decide.





Just an afterthought, it's always a positive thing for kids in high school to have friends among many different cliques outside of their own. Not only is it good to have lots of friends, but it will make them less likely to be labeled by others and more likely to also understand and appreciate kids with different interests and thoughts as their own.
Reply:Teens can be so cruel, they label because they are always trying to figure everyone out so by putting a label on someone says it puts them in a group and they can decide if they like it or not. I think parents play a role in it because we mold them from the time they are born.
Reply:well the way teens feel about themselves is based on who they have been around and how they are raised. They way they feel about themselves effects their personality. Their personality is what the label is based on.





Sometimes you can tell how what label they will be while they are younger, unless something dramastic happens.
Reply:hi im in high school and i think because it makes other people feel better about them selves i would tell your child not to worry about it it doesnt matter what other people think just be yourself,.

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