Why would someone think American teens are more mature than teens in England?

My friend from America thinks teens in the US are much more mature than teens in England, he observed this when he came to visit me, I think he's wrong, what do you think?

Why would someone think American teens are more mature than teens in England?
He is wrong to generalize like that. Probably he might be saying that according to the values necessary in American culture that English teens may be immature, but more than likely American teens would be considered immature according to British values
Reply:I think everyone's entitled to their own opinion.
Reply:um i think this has got to do woth the way brit teens are projected by the media... i mean i hav often read teenage brits to be a little more rash, snobbish,intolerant and indifferent.i dont endorse these views though since i dont hav ne brit frnds but this is wot ive come across many a time
Reply:LOL!!! Yeah, they are SO much more mature! That's why so many of them get knocked up before graduating highschool. They're SO mature, it's too bad they're not smart enough to figure out birth control and that drinking and driving is bad and....
Reply:It might be because it's much harder for American teens to get their hands on alcohol, on account of the ridiculously high drinking age.
Reply:I think he is wrong ...not because I know any teens from Britain but because I know first hand that American teens are too self absorbed, self delusional, too zealous in accepting "pop" culture. The current generation is less likely to accept responsibility for anything than any previous generation I've had dealings with.


In short American teens are much more immature than at any point in our history. IMHO
Reply:Your freind shouldnt go around classifying the entire teenage population based on the ones he met. Maybe he was more mature than the ones he met. Some ppl are just more childish than others. I personally think its about the same, it depends on the individual you meet not whether their from the mother coutry or not. Ive met teens from england and they act the same to me. Ive met teens from a lot of different contries and i think from personal experience that british teens, as well as any other teen act as mature as American teens...it all depends on the teens personality not thier country.

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