Differences

As we all know, there's a lot of differences between everything and everyone in this world. One difference I'll be writing about this time is the difference between teenagers and adults/parents.

Almost every adult/parent is really concerned about us teenagers use of the phone and internet. That might be because when they grew up, there was no such thing as snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and so on. Today teenagers life consists of communication through the internet and I don't think adults and parents understand the principle of talking to your friends through the internet. They think it's like when we were young, and visited people at home and went out climbing trees and stuff. Why don't they understand that things change?

Another difference between adults/parents and teenagers is the responsibility. Adults have all these things they have to look after and take care of. For example, paying bills, making dinner for their kids, make sure they're doing fine in school, take care of their sick kids, work and so much more. We don't have this kind of responsibility. The only things we need to think about is our social life, school, and just simple things like taking care of our siblings if we have any, cleaning at home and things that are not even close to the responsibility our parents have. 

And last but not least, the consequences. I tend to think that parents don't think as much about their own consequences, they're most concerned about their kids' consequences instead of their own. They might think a little bit about theirs, but that comes after they think about ours. I think that they think that if we get consequences, they also get consequences for what we have done. While us teenagers just do whatever comes to mind. If we think something is a good choice, we do it. If we think that telling people other people their secrets, we do it. Not all of us, but a lot of people really do this. 

Despite all our differences, we're not that different after all. Our parents have once been young, and one day we'll grow up and will probably be just like them.

#MeToo

In today's society, sexual harassment has become a big issue. I'm sure most of you have heard of the "#metoo campaign". If you haven't, it's a campaign where men and women post "#metoo" on social media to show people that they have been sexually harassed, or support those who have been. 

What people don't see is that this has actually evolved into quite a big problem. It was started to show people that there are people who care and that they're not alone. But now, people post "#metoo" just because someone accidentally touched your arm when they were walking past you in the streets. 

I am not saying that this campaign is a bad thing. It's not. But when it has come to this, absolutely everyone thinking they have been sexually harassed, it's not really a good thing anymore. But what do I know? I can say that I have never been sexually harassed etc. Maybe some people think being accidentally touched by someone is harassment, how would I know?

What if we have to start asking people if it's ok to shake their hand when we meet or ask if it's ok to hug someone when they're crying, just because we don't know what is and isn't sexual harassment anymore. I personally think that it's disrespectful to misuse the hashtag if you don't know for sure that you have actually been harassed. But then again, how could I know how you define sexual harassment?

Maybe I'm wrong about this, but this is my opinion.

Christmas Show Off

Just like everything else I post in this blog, this is obviously going to be me complaining about something. This time it's about Christmas presents. 

For those who celebrate christian Christmas, most people get presents. Some more than others. Something that bothers me, is when people post pictures to brag about everything they got for Christmas. Maybe they got the new iPhone x, or a really expensive watch etc. I think this is wrong. Why is it so important to show off what you got to get more "popular" or whatever? 

There are people in this world that don't get presents because their family doesn't have enough money to buy for their kids. They're just happy that they have a home to live in and food on the table. What I'm saying is that when 9-year-old kids get the newest iPhone for Christmas, you're also responsible for making the pressure on the kids in today's society.  

Another problem I want to address is that there are a lot of kids/teenagers that suffer from depression etc, and when Christmas comes, things can get a bit too much. You may think, "what does that have to do with this?" but it actually makes sense if you just think about it. You are a 15-year-old teenager, that find Christmas physically and mentally challenging. You go through Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and whatever social media where it is possible to post things, and you see that everyone else got expensive things that you never could afford. I know how that can affect you. You feel like you don't fit in and that people won't accept you, just because you didn't get as nice and expensive Christmas presents? That is not ok.

I think a good solution to this problem is to stop talking about and post things on the internet to brag and show off what you got for Christmas. In that way, people would feel safer and they would have one less reason to feel like they don't fit in.