Through The Eyes Of A Teenager

I am not the perfect child my parents dreamed of having. Lately I think I am more of a disappointment than they ever prepared for. Growing up is hard and every child is going to make mistakes. Hopefully with every mistake I make I will learn and grow.

I have always had a very good relationship with my parents until the last year or so. As I entered my teens our relationship slowly started to change. They were not the cause of the change I was.

There are times that I feel like my opinion does not matter, that no one out there really listens to me. Just because I am a teenager does not mean that I do not have valid points and opinions. Teenagers have a lot of things they are juggling and just like adults it stresses us out.

No we don't have the adult problems in life like work, bills, raising a family, we have a whole different set of problems. There is school, grades, peer pressure, sports, chores, and the list goes on.

It would be nice if adults would take the time to talk to us and not at us. A teenagers life today is not the same life that our parents had as teenagers. Things are different.

I just hope that my parents continue to support and love me. I have seen the pain that I have caused them. My mom has told me on more than one occasion that she does not always love the things I do but she will always love me. I hope she remembers that the next time that I do something stupid.