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The Genealogist

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77. Reading this discussion makes me glad I have no kids!

Wed Sep 6, 2017, 06:28 PM

Sep 2017

I honestly have no idea how I would be able to function with a 2010s-era teenage kid. So many more forms of trouble for them to get into now! I'm honestly glad that the internet wasn't really a thing when I was a teenager, it seems bullying is a much harder thing to endure. When I was a teenager, the bullying pretty much stopped once you got to your door after school. Nowadays, it is a 24/7 thing. Add to that pedophiles trying to lure them, easy access sex, and who knows what else.

I was afraid of my own shadow when I was a teenager when it came to mischief, mostly because I knew I'd get a long grounding from my stepmother for even minor missteps. We had a 15 minute limit on the phone, which was a landline. Kids today would scream abuse! My how times have changed.

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Teenager Codes [View all] JimGinPA Sep 2017 OP

GYPO 99 GNOC Renew Deal Sep 2017 #1

Sigh. Before cell phones, teenagers NEVER had sex! Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #2

Thank goodness you're the only one making that argument. LanternWaste Sep 2017 #34

You know what they say, a FOTD is a FOM! Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #37

Uh oh...saying her name is like saying Beetlejuice Docreed2003 Sep 2017 #58

... Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #36

"Before cell phones" Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #39

If your 'young child' has a cell phone and is communicating in code with people Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #40

Thank you for saying this Beearewhyain Sep 2017 #98

Come the next name change amnesty, I call dibs on "GYPO IWSN" Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #3

LOL! Coventina Sep 2017 #32

Got any codes for buying weed? I sound like an old hippie when I talk about it. NightWatcher Sep 2017 #4

Sure: CO WA OR AK NV ... soon, CA - then eventually MA and ME Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #5

We're working on it! Lordquinton Sep 2017 #15

I can't help notice how East Coast pols foot-drag on the whole thing, though. Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #16

Mass is the worst. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #17

Who turns down free money Lordquinton Sep 2017 #29

It's been no big deal here in CO after it became legal eleny Sep 2017 #49

I'm in OR, and it's the same situation. Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #61

same here is Wash state....love walking to the corner pot store.. samnsara Sep 2017 #79

NJ might very well get it soon crazycatlady Sep 2017 #63

Yeah, that's one of fifty bajillion good reasons to put a Democrat in there, isn't it. Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #65

Three fingers... panader0 Sep 2017 #6

pay attention jberryhill Sep 2017 #7

Yes, in Washington we just walk in the door SonofDonald Sep 2017 #27

dime bags..lids...omg.. samnsara Sep 2017 #78

Post removed Post removed Sep 2017 #8

Yeah, Cause Teenagers Never Make Bad Decisions When Left Alone JimGinPA Sep 2017 #10

I hear that college students sometimes have the sex Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #13

LOL!!! As one of my friends used to say, do what feels good! LOL, yep, fun! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2017 #30

I wanna be a teenager again!!! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2017 #9

This is hilarious. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #12

Someone's gotta DeCode DeMontague! True Dough Sep 2017 #81

what do they use for "piece of shit" ? Skittles Sep 2017 #14

POS ProfessorGAC Sep 2017 #22

A picture of Donald Trump jmowreader Sep 2017 #91

Spying on your kids teaches them what? Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #18

Paying Attention Isn't The Same As "Spying" JimGinPA Sep 2017 #19

Snooping their text messages is spying. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #24

What Age Do You Think Kids Should Be Unrestricted? JimGinPA Sep 2017 #26

When my kids got computers and phones Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #41

When you don't trust your kids they won't trust you nolabels Sep 2017 #100

indeed that was the way I looked at it. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #105

Other than youth or simple inexperience, what leads you to believe that? LanternWaste Sep 2017 #35

A baby monitor is the same as prying into Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #42

What I want to know is if you should bring your kids to the Olive Garden after they lit up? eleny Sep 2017 #50

It's my house. I let them live there. I don't NEED Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #21

So is reading their phones. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #25

Not if I pay for it Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #31

I tried to not be the dictator of my castle. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #43

Maybe. It's a balance. Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #74

You are pretty darn adamant about this. ProgressiveValue Sep 2017 #44

Actually you don't let them live there Lordquinton Sep 2017 #28

Letting the think that they can do illegal or illicit things in my home Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #33

So you are teaching them that they don't have privacy? Lordquinton Sep 2017 #88

Oh spare me. Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #96

You enlist in the military Lordquinton Sep 2017 #103

Snooping isn't abusing. ProgressiveValue Sep 2017 #60

Absolutely! Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #75

This thread has been enlightening Lordquinton Sep 2017 #90

Drama much? Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #95

Very enlightening Lordquinton Sep 2017 #102

You know I didn't say it was Lordquinton Sep 2017 #89

We were warned! Orrex Sep 2017 #20

Pretty soon they'll be listening to that devil music called 'rock and roll'... WoonTars Sep 2017 #23

Then the next step... forgotmylogin Sep 2017 #54

You know what this means? melman Sep 2017 #38

How is "DTF" or "FWB" not on this list?? JoeStuckInOH Sep 2017 #45

Perhaps because we know those acronyms? forgotmylogin Sep 2017 #55

We never had cell phones. cwydro Sep 2017 #46

Thank social media, smart phones and shitty parenting. liquid diamond Sep 2017 #52

no one was having sex when you were a teenager? That's funny. Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #72

I never said they weren't. liquid diamond Sep 2017 #73

What there was, tho, was no shortage of horrified oldsters CERTAIN that things were vastly different Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #76

I didn't have a cell phone, so I had to physically drive over to my girlfriend's house Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #71

were you one of my boyfriends? Kali Sep 2017 #84

probably. Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #87

If you know these codes, they are at least a year out of date n/t taught_me_patience Sep 2017 #47

Very different from my years, some respects not so much. Sex and dodging parents. Hortensis Sep 2017 #48

Pimp CountAllVotes Sep 2017 #51

15 years ago, my daughter was in a chat and called herself, "PimpingCutie" LeftInTX Sep 2017 #57

As opposed to the Senior Citizen Codes? SeattleVet Sep 2017 #53

Oh my!! Tears rolling down my face!!! LeftInTX Sep 2017 #59

Bring Your Own Teeth Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #67

ISMP Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #69

! Kali Sep 2017 #85

If I'm Gonna Get Your Town Outta The Serious Trouble It's In... TygrBright Sep 2017 #56

Teens are having less sex these days since they spend more time alone JI7 Sep 2017 #62

That's great! I mean.... it's awful! I mean it's great! Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #64

There are many sides to it. They are more safe physicslly JI7 Sep 2017 #68

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #70

Reading this discussion makes me glad I have no kids! The Genealogist Sep 2017 #77

I have 2 sons 14 and 19, I feel like I should know more of dewsgirl Sep 2017 #80

My parents had sons who turned 20,18, 16, and 14 in the seminal year of 1969 BamaRefugee Sep 2017 #82

My mom had a "Deadbolt at 10" policy. Iggo Sep 2017 #99

hahaha perfect! BamaRefugee Sep 2017 #104

How is FML not on the list? Initech Sep 2017 #83

agree with comments about list being outdated Kali Sep 2017 #86

Agree! We all did these things, most of us, communication just wasn't as easy. Parents IMO RKP5637 Sep 2017 #101

Boy this thread has a bunch of old farts (including me)..... MLAA Sep 2017 #92

My Niece Is A Middle School Teacher JimGinPA Sep 2017 #93

😉 MLAA Sep 2017 #94

Talk to your kids. Iggo Sep 2017 #97